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Will pole support radio set? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ordain

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'will' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'pole support radio set?' is the wordplay.
'pole' becomes 'n' (abbreviation for North, as in North Pole).
'support' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters hold others up).
'set?' indicates an anagram (instruction to set the letters).
'radio' anagrammed gives 'ordai'.
'n' put after 'ordai' is 'ORDAIN'.

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(Other definitions for ordain that I've seen before include "Make someone a clergyman" , "Consecrate as priest" , "Decree authoritatively" , "Decree or consecrate" , "Inroad (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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