Sympathetic to Spring cast out by deputy leader
I believe the answer is:
well-disposed
'sympathetic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'spring cast out by deputy leader' is the wordplay.
'spring' becomes 'well' (I've seen this before).
'cast out by deputy leader' becomes 'disposed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'well'+'disposed'='WELL-DISPOSED'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for well-disposed that I've seen before include "Favourable (towards)" , "Inclined to be friendly" .)