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Back up (7)

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assist

'back up' is the definition.
(assisting is a kind of backing up)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for assist that I've seen before include "Help, lend a hand" , "Expedite" , "Understand by instinct" , "Give aid" , "provide backing" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Wall Street Journal.
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