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Carefully move front of loose supporting framework (5)

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I believe the answer is:

easel

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'framework' is the definition.

'carefully move front of loose supporting' is the wordplay.
'carefully move' becomes 'ease' (easing is a kind of moving. I am not sure about the 'carefully' bit.).
'front of' indicates taking the first letters.
'supporting' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
The first letter of 'loose' is 'l'.
'ease'+'l'='EASEL'

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(Other definitions for easel that I've seen before include "Stand in a studio" , "Picture stand" , "artist's requisite" , "Board stanchion" , "Lease (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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