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Offer support to little old Sarah (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

proposal

'offer' is the definition.
(proposal is a kind of offer)

'support to little old sarah' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'prop' (prop is a kind of support**).
'to little' says to take the initial letters.
'sarah' becomes 'sal' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah).
The initial letter of 'old' is 'o'.
'prop'+'o'+'sal'='PROPOSAL'

(Other definitions for proposal that I've seen before include "Suggestion put forward for consideration" , "A suggestion, perhaps of marriage" , "Plan, suggestion" , "motion" , "Kind of offer, perhaps of marriage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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