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Owner to support rioter, strangely (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

proprietor

'owner' is the definition.
(I know that owner is a class)

'support rioter strangely' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'prop' (prop up can mean to support).
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'rioter' is an anagram of 'rietor'.
'prop'+'rietor'='PROPRIETOR'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for proprietor that I've seen before include "Business owner" , "Landlord" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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