Temporary team I am contracted to support (7)
I believe the answer is:
interim
'support' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'temporary team i am contracted' is the wordplay.
'temporary team' becomes 'inter' (I have seen 'Italian team' mean 'inter' so perhaps 'team' could also mean 'inter'. I am not sure about the 'temporary' bit.).
'am' becomes 'MA' (synonyms).
'contracted' means to remove the last letter (to contract is to shorten).
'ma' with its last letter taken off is 'm'.
'inter'+'i'+'m'='INTERIM'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for interim that I've seen before include "Meantime; temporary" , ", I'm put in grave situation initially" , "Stopgap" , "temporary period" , "An intervening period of time" .)