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Rig to relieve oil supplier (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

olive tree

'oil supplier' is the definition.
(as in olive oil)

'rig to relieve' is the wordplay.
'rig' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'rigged' mean this).
'to'+'relieve'='torelieve'
'torelieve' with letters rearranged gives 'OLIVE TREE'.

(Other definitions for olive tree that I've seen before include "oil supplier" , "bearer of fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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