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Predict supporting online performers? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forecast

'predict' is the definition.
(forecasting is a kind of predicting)

'supporting online performers?' is the wordplay.
'supporting' becomes 'for'.
'online' becomes 'e' (as in e-mail or e-commerce).
'performers?' becomes 'cast' (I've seen this before).
'for'+'e'+'cast'='FORECAST'

(Other definitions for forecast that I've seen before include "Predict (event)" , "Prophecy" , "tip" , "Divine" , "Predict as with weather" .)

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