Support for the supporters (5)
I believe the answer is:
stand
'support' is the definition.
(stand is a kind of support)
'the supporters' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'sand' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stand that I've seen before include "Tolerate; rise" , "Be upright; attitude" , "Decline to interfere when one should?" , "station" , "principled position" .)
