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Sits, as unsteady? Help! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

assist

'help' is the definition.
(assisting is a kind of helping)

'sits as unsteady?' is the wordplay.
'unsteady?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'unsteady' mean this).
'sits'+'as'='sitsas'
'sitsas' with letters rearranged gives 'ASSIST'.

(Other definitions for assist that I've seen before include "Aid, abet" , "providing help?" , "Be helpful to" , "Give a hand to" , "Help, lend a hand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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