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Provide help seemingly biased against fools? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assist

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'provide' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for assist that I've seen before include "Give help" , "Aid, abet" , "Give a hand to" , "Serve" , "Be helpful to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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