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Stars with capital supported by attorney (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

andromeda

'stars' is the definition.
(Andromeda is a constellation)

'with capital supported by attorney' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'and'.
'capital' becomes 'Rome' (capital of Italy).
'supported by' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'attorney' becomes 'D.A.' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'and'+'rome'+'da'='ANDROMEDA'

(Other definitions for andromeda that I've seen before include "she was given a starring role" , "star group" , "princess barely chained to rock" , "Strangely, man adored the constellation" , "Legendary beauty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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