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Support for equipment extracting oil without force (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

racking

'support for equipment' is the definition.
(racks for storing equipment)

'extracting oil without force' is the wordplay.
'extracting oil' becomes 'fracking' (fracking is a way of extracting oil).
'without' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'force' becomes 'f' (symbol used in Physics e.g. f=ma).
'fracking' with 'f' removed is 'RACKING'.

(Another definition for racking that I've seen is " stretching excessively".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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