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Support over month gets to proliferate (4)

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I believe the answer is:

teem

'to proliferate' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'support over month' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'tee' (tee is a kind of support).
'over' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'month' becomes 'M' (standard abbreviation).
'tee'+'m'='TEEM'

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for teem that I've seen before include "Abound, swarm with" , "numerous" , "(Of rain) pour down" , "Bear" , "Come down hard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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