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Backing for yellow vests securing popular gains (4)

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I believe the answer is:

wins

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'gains' is the definition.
(win is a kind of gain)

'backing for yellow vests securing popular' is the wordplay.
'backing for' is a reversal indicator.
'yellow vests' becomes 'sw' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'securing' indicates putting letters inside.
'popular' becomes 'in'.
'sw' reversed gives 'ws'.
'ws' placed around 'in' is 'WINS'.

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(Other definitions for wins that I've seen before include "Finishes in first place" , "Victories" , "Triumphs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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