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Live comfortably supporting daughter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dwell

'live' is the definition.
(to live/dwell somewhere)

'comfortably supporting daughter' is the wordplay.
'comfortably' becomes 'well' (synonyms).
'supporting' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'well' put after 'd' is 'DWELL'.

(Other definitions for dwell that I've seen before include "Live (in a place)" , "Remain" , "Settle" , "Inhabit" , "Think moodily (on something)" .)

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