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Support
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couple
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Support for couple (5)
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The whole clue is the definition (& lit or double definition).
How the clue works
The definition is Support — a brace holds things up — and couple works as a second definition on its own, since a brace means two (think a brace of pheasants). The word "for" is just there to link the two halves together smoothly.