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Unwelcome visitor tied up on support (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deportee

'unwelcome visitor' is the definition.

'tied up on support' is the wordplay.
'tied' becomes 'roped' (roping is a kind of tying**).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'support' becomes 'tee' (I've seen this before).
'roped' written backwards gives 'depor'.
'depor'+'tee'='DEPORTEE'

(Other definitions for deportee that I've seen before include "Officially expelled person" , "Expelled foreigner" , "One sent home" , "he's chucked out" , "One ejected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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