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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(shoring up is a kind of supporting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(backing is a kind of support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for backing that I've seen before include "promotion" , "funds?" , "Endorsement" , "gambling" , "change of wind" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for trestle that I've seen before include "Supporting structure for bridge or tabletop" , "Supporting framework for, eg, table top" , "Braced support" , "support for board" , "Letters about a table support" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bolster that I've seen before include "Prop up with long pillow" , "Support; long pillow" , "Hold up" , "Long thick pillow" , "Large pillow" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for sustain that I've seen before include "Carry" , "Undergo" , "Prolong, support" , "Uphold, strengthen" , "Provide nourishment" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for encouragement that I've seen before include "Expression of approval and support" , "Urging" , "Motivation" , "Persuasion" , "Boost" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for accompaniment that I've seen before include "Supporting musical part" , "Backing" , "Complement" , "Supporting musical line" , "Something subsidiary that is added" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(stay is a kind of support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for stay that I've seen before include "Remain behind" , "Remain; corset part" , "Rope bracing a mast etc" , "Postpone" , "Support - postponement" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(beam is a kind of support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for beam that I've seen before include "Perhaps a summer" , "Smile broadly; plank" , "Ray; piece of timber" , "A broad smile like lunar ray" , "Light - heavy timber - wide smile" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for abet that I've seen before include "Assist in some nefarious activity" , "Urge on, help" , "Assist (a criminal)" , "Aid and help, perhaps in crime" , "Support, aid" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(prop up can mean to support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for prop that I've seen before include "Hold (up), support" , "Support - item on stage" , "Portable film set item" , "One is usually among the strongest and heaviest rugby players" , "A rigid support - 37 Across is one" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to back is to support or endorse)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for back that I've seen before include "Rear surface of the body" , "bet" , "Support; in return" , "See 12" , "Support (from behind?)" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(bear can mean to support or carry)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bear that I've seen before include "Beast - tolerate" , "stand" , "someone being ill-mannered" , "Support; brutish person" , "Brook" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(buttress is a kind of support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for buttress that I've seen before include "Supporting structure" , "Strengthen" , "Stanchion" , "(Architectural) support" , "It strengthens the wall" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for underlie that I've seen before include "Be situated below" , "Be subject to" , "support?" , "Prove to be base" , "Be the basis of" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(strut is a kind of support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for strut that I've seen before include "Take vain steps" , "Bar; walk stiffly" , "Walk proudly; bar" , "Compression member; walk stiffly" , "Walk proudly like metal support" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(brace is a kind of support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for brace that I've seen before include "Strengthener; pair" , "Pair - wood-boring tool" , "A pair as of game birds" , "Support - pair" , "Stiffen; pair" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for crutch that I've seen before include "Support for one with injured leg" , "Walking support, fits under arm" , "fork" , "It assists the lame" , "supporter" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(upholding is a kind of supporting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for uphold that I've seen before include "Support, maintain" , "Sustain and endorse" , "Maintain (a custom)" , "Champion" , "Of appeal court, endorse earlier decision" .)
(Other definitions for lumbar that I've seen before include "Relating to the back between lowest ribs and pelvis" , "Relating to the lower spine" , "Near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones" , "Area of the back between lower ribs and pelvis" , "Area of the back between lowest ribs and pelvis" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to aid is to help or support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for aid that I've seen before include "grant" , "Help, assistance" , "assistant" , "Relief" , "encouragement" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(propping up is a kind of supporting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for prop up that I've seen before include "Give financial backing" , "Underpin" , "Keep going" , "Support" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(patronage is a kind of support)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for patronage that I've seen before include "Sponsorship - condescending manner" , "custom in restaurant?" , "supporting role" , "The power to control privileges" , "Condescension" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(rooting for is a kind of supporting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for root for that I've seen before include "cheer" , "support" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">support</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for assistance that I've seen before include "Help" , "Aid" , "Support" .)