Support for a player (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

music stand

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'support' is the definition.
(I know that music stand is a type of rack)

'a player' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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

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