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Support most of the ones like Tusk? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teeth

'ones like tusk?' is the definition.

'support most of the' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'tee' (tee is a kind of support).
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'the' with its last letter taken off is 'th'.
'tee'+'th'='TEETH'

(Other definitions for teeth that I've seen before include "The most violent" , "Incisors maybe" , "Feature of an effective bill" , "Gearwheel cogs" , "Gearwheel projections" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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