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Supporting company agreement after some strain? That is indicator of future prospects (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fortune cookie

'is indicator of future prospects' is the definition.

'supporting company agreement after some strain?' is the wordplay.
'supporting' becomes 'for'.
'company agreement' becomes 'cookie' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'some strain?' becomes 'tune' (strain can mean the sound of a piece of music).
'cookie' put after 'tune' is 'tunecookie'.
'for'+'tunecookie'='FORTUNE COOKIE'

'that' is the link.

(Other definitions for fortune cookie that I've seen before include "Biscuit containing a message" , "Chinese restaurant speciality" , "Biscuit containing a prophecy" , "Pastry containing maxim" , "Small biscuit containing a prediction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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