Needle person supported by family (6)
I believe the answer is:
bodkin
'needle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'person supported by family' is the wordplay.
'person' becomes 'bod' (bod can informally mean a person or body).
'supported by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'bod'+'kin'='BODKIN'
(Other definitions for bodkin that I've seen before include "Thick, blunt needle with a large eye" , "dagger" , "tool for correcting type" , "Small blunt needle" , "punch" .)