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Non-drinker needing support over summer (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teetotaller

'non-drinker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'support over summer' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'tee' (tee is a kind of support).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'summer' becomes 'totaller' (someone summing or totalling things up).
'tee'+'totaller'='TEETOTALLER'

'needing' is the link.

(Other definitions for teetotaller that I've seen before include "Abstainer from drink" , "Abstainer from alcohol" , "Rechabite" , "One dry" , "Non-drinker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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