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Supporting a Mountie, perhaps, with free study (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ridden

'supporting a mountie perhaps' is the definition.
(Mounties are horse-riding Canadian police officers)

'with free study' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'free' becomes 'rid' ('rid' can be a synonym of 'free').
'study' becomes 'den' (I've seen this before).
'rid'+'den' is 'RIDDEN'.

(Other definitions for ridden that I've seen before include "(Of a horse) sat upon" , "What horses often are" , "Used for transport" , "(Of horse) mounted" , "Oppressed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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