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Million supporting turning in, as it were, getting some ease (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

comfort

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'some ease' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'million supporting turning in' is the wordplay.
'million' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'supporting' becomes 'for' (being for something means supporting it).
'turning' becomes 'cot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'm'+'for'='mfor'
'mfor' placed inside 'cot' is 'COMFORT'.

'as it were getting' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for comfort that I've seen before include "Console; ease" , "Solace, ease" , "Soothe - console" , "Physical ease; consoler" , "Consolation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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