Offer of support and a ring to a girl? (8)
I believe the answer is:
proposal
'offer' is the definition.
(I know that proposal is a type of offer)
'support and a ring to a girl?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'support' could be 'prop' (prop up can mean to support) and 'prop' is located in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
'ring' could be 'o' (letter resembling a ring) and 'o' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for proposal that I've seen before include "Offer - suggestion" , "a match might be arranged?" , "Offer (to get spliced?)" , "Kind of offer, perhaps of marriage" , "A suggestion, perhaps of marriage" .)