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Support for those who can't afford to take action (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

legal aid

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'support for those who can't afford to take action' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'support for those' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'aid' (to aid is to help or support).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'those' becomes 'legal' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'aid' after 'legal' is 'LEGAL AID'.

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(Other definitions for legal aid that I've seen before include "Funding for poor litigants" , "Financial help for defence in court" , "Money for poor litigant" , "Public help for litigant" , "help with case" .)

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