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Treacherous person initially without support (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

weasel

'treacherous person' is the definition.
(weasel can mean a nasty or deceitful person)

'initially without support' is the wordplay.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'support' becomes 'easel' (easel is a kind of support).
The first letter of 'without' is 'w'.
'w'+'easel'='WEASEL'

(Other definitions for weasel that I've seen before include "Small carnivore" , "Carnivore; treacherous person (colloq.)" , "Proverbially deceitful mammal" , "Stoat-like animal" , "Scoundrel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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