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Sweet support for golfer holds off (6)

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I believe the answer is:

toffee

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'sweet' is the definition.
(toffee is a kind of sweet)

'golfer holds off' is the wordplay.
'golfer' becomes 'tee' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'holds' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tee' going around 'off' is 'TOFFEE'.

'support for' is the link.
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(Other definitions for toffee that I've seen before include "Caramel" , "Brittle confectionery" , "Sugar/butter sweet" , "Chewy confectionery" , "Confectionery made from sugar and butter" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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