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Surrounded by support, receiving money (4)

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I believe the answer is:

amid

'surrounded by' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'support receiving money' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'aid' ('aid' can be a synonym of 'support'**).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'money' becomes 'm' (abbreviation in economics).
'aid' enclosing 'm' is 'AMID'.

(Other definitions for amid that I've seen before include "Maid (anag)" , "Within" , "In the middle of" , "In the course of" , "'See . . . . the winter's snow' (carol)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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