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November is hard without our support (7)

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I believe the answer is:

nourish

'support' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'november is hard without our' is the wordplay.
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'n'+'is'+'h'='nish'
'nish' placed around 'our' is 'NOURISH'.

(Other definitions for nourish that I've seen before include "Nurture, sustain" , "Keep alive and well with food" , "I rush on (anag.)" , "Feed and foster" , "Supply with food, keep well" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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