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What one may do after a fault in supply (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reserve

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'supply' is the definition.
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'what one may do after a fault' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'do' could be 'serve' (synonyms) and 'serve' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for reserve that I've seen before include "Bank" , "keep for oneself" , "Hold back" , "Order" , "8 [RESTRAINT]" .)

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