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Points in support of Bill Gates (8)

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I believe the answer is:

posterns

'gates' is the definition.
(postern is a kind of gate)

'points in support of bill' is the wordplay.
'points' becomes 'Ns' (N is an example).
'in support of' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'bill' becomes 'poster' (synonyms).
'ns' after 'poster' is 'POSTERNS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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