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Support for a singer getting out of line (5)

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basis

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'support for' is the definition.
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'a singer getting out of line' is the wordplay.
'a singer' becomes 'bass' (bass is a kind of singer).
'getting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'out of line' becomes 'i' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bass' placed around 'i' is 'BASIS'.

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(Other definitions for basis that I've seen before include "Reason" , "Principal element" , "grounds" , "First principle" , "Underlying support (for an idea)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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