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Reserves support look good (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

backlog

'reserves' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'support look good' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'back' (back is a kind of support).
'look' becomes 'lo'.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'back'+'lo'+'g'='BACKLOG'

(Other definitions for backlog that I've seen before include "work piling up" , "An arrear as of work" , "Build-up of work still to be dealt with" , "Accumulation of uncompleted work" , "Work piled up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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