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Conditional support for service range (6)

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I believe the answer is:

massif

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'range' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'conditional support for service' is the wordplay.
'conditional support' becomes 'if' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'service' becomes 'mass' (religious service).
'if' after 'mass' is 'MASSIF'.

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(Other definitions for massif that I've seen before include "French mountain range" , "High points" , "Mountain heights in compact group" , "huge piece of crust" , "Geological formation of an IMF ass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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