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Support mounting within local association for gym equipment (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indian club

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'gym equipment' is the definition.
'indian club' can be an answer for 'equipment' (I have seen 'Gymnastic equipment' mean 'indian club' so perhaps 'equipment' could also mean 'indian club'). I am not certain of the 'gym' bit.

'support mounting within local association' is the wordplay.
'support mounting' becomes 'dia' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'within' is an insertion indicator.
'local' becomes 'inn' (local can mean someone's local pub).
'association' becomes 'club' (club is a kind of association).
'dia' put into 'inn' is 'indian'.
'indian'+'club'='INDIAN CLUB'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for indian club that I've seen before include "team in 1 [ARMITSAR] or 24 [AGRA], say" , "used to exercise in the gym" , "Juggling item" , "Gymnastic equipment" , "for some Commonwealth cricketers, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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