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Million invested in vaccine support (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jamb

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'support' is the definition.
(jamb is a kind of support)

'million invested in vaccine' is the wordplay.
'million' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'invested in' indicates putting letters inside.
'vaccine' becomes 'jab' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'm' inserted within 'jab' is 'JAMB'.

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(Other definitions for jamb that I've seen before include "Upright sidepiece" , "Vertical side of a doorway" , "Side post of a doorway" , "part of doorway?" , "bit on the side?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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