The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CRUTCH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CRUTCH
- Stick boring routine in cold custom house
- Cockney wife having lost capital is after credit support
- Tedious routine in cold church is something that sustains one
- It helps the injured to walk about with companion following routine
- Chapter on compassion cut by Conservative supporter
- Staff provided to help the disabled
- Cold church houses habit support
- Staff to support one who’s disabled
- Support reduced when Right gets in with children going under
- Support routine job in Catholic church
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The straight part
We know that "Staff to support one who’s disabled" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case staff to support one who’s disabled = crutch.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CRUTCH mean?
CRUTCH noun- A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
- Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
- A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
- A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
- A knee, or piece of knee timber.
- A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
- A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back.
- To support on crutches; to prop up.
- To move on crutches.
- To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
- To stir with a crutch (in soap making)