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Spice Girl supporting teachers’ union (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nutmeg

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'spice' is the definition.
(nutmeg is a kind of spice)

'girl supporting teachers' union' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Meg'.
'supporting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'teachers' union' becomes 'nut' (National Union of Teachers. I am not sure about the 'teachers'' bit.).
'meg' after 'nut' is 'NUTMEG'.

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(Other definitions for nutmeg that I've seen before include "Hard fruit and girl for a spice" , "One grated as spice" , "Fragrant seed of tropical tree grated as spice" , "Spice for grating" , "Aromatic seasoning" .)

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