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Support woman receiving nothing with offer of marriage (8)

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I believe the answer is:

proposal

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'offer of marriage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'support woman receiving nothing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'support' could be 'prop' (prop up can mean to support) and 'prop' is present in the answer.
'woman' could be 'sal' (short for Sally) and 'sal' is located in the answer.
'nothing' could be 'o' (O resembles 0) and 'o' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for proposal that I've seen before include "put before the union?" , "union offer?" , "Plan, suggestion" , "Offer - suggestion" , "a match might be arranged?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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