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No cure, sadly -- time for support (9)

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I believe the answer is:

encourage

'support' is the definition.
(encouraging is a kind of supporting)

'no cure sadly time for' is the wordplay.
'sadly' is an anagram indicator.
'time for' becomes 'age' (I've seen this in other clues).
'no'+'cure'='nocure'
'nocure' anagrammed gives 'encour'.
'encour'+'age'='ENCOURAGE'

(Other definitions for encourage that I've seen before include "Spurs on" , "Spur on, inspire" , "Hearten, foster" , "Give hope or confidence to, help to advance" , "Egg on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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