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Maiden is leading supporting song, creating trouble (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misfortune

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'trouble' is the definition.
(misfortune is a kind of trouble)

'maiden is leading supporting song' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'leading supporting' becomes 'for' (I am not sure about the 'leading' bit.**).
'song' becomes 'tune' (I've seen this before).
'm'+'is'+'for'+'tune'='MISFORTUNE'

'creating' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for misfortune that I've seen before include "DISASTER]" , "Adversity - bad luck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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