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Fall in support on course for novice (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trainee

'novice' is the definition.
(trainee is a kind of novice)

'fall in support on course' is the wordplay.
'fall' becomes 'rain' (raining is a kind of falling).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'support on course' becomes 'tee' (golf tee on a golf course).
'rain' going within 'tee' is 'TRAINEE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for trainee that I've seen before include "21 [TYRO]" , "Apprentice" , "Student" , "As pupil" , "Person under instruction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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