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Supporter's trust slightly disturbed, with second coming first (5)

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I believe the answer is:

strut

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'supporter's' is the definition.
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'trust slightly disturbed with second coming first' is the wordplay.
'trust' anagrams to 'STRUT'.
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(Other definitions for strut that I've seen before include "Reinforcing rod" , "Walk proudly like metal support" , "supporter" , "Prop; prance" , "Walk proudly like peacock" .)

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