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Member of scrum supports midweek match (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wedlock

'match' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'member of scrum supports midweek' is the wordplay.
'member of scrum' becomes 'lock' (lock is a type of rugby player).
'supports' says to put letters next to each other (bottom letters provide a support for the top ones).
'midweek' becomes 'wed' (short for Wednesday).
'lock' put after 'wed' is 'WEDLOCK'.

(Other definitions for wedlock that I've seen before include "Marital state" , "A state of union" , "The married state - throw away the key" , "Matrimony" , "State of marriage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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