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Fanatic supports craze often (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

zealot

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'fanatic' is the definition.
(both can mean an extremist)

'supports craze often' is the wordplay.
'supports craze' becomes 'ze' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'often' becomes 'a lot' (doing something often is doing it a lot).
'ze'+'alot'='ZEALOT'

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(Other definitions for zealot that I've seen before include "Person militant about a cause" , "Fervent partisan" , "Fanatical believer" , "Fanatic, obsessed person" , "Person full of enthusiasm, a fanatic" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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