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Support opinion initially neglected by Republican leader (6)

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relief

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'support' is the definition.
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'opinion initially neglected by republican leader' is the wordplay.
'opinion' becomes 'belief' (I've seen this before).
'initially neglected' means to remove the first letter.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'republican leader' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'belief' with its initial letter removed is 'elief'.
'elief' after 'r' is 'RELIEF'.

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(Other definitions for relief that I've seen before include "Easement from pain or stress" , "new person on duty" , "welfare" , "Alleviation or support" , "Removal of a burden" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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