Might this be the right attitude? (4)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

I wasn’t really comfortable with attitude and SIDE being synonymous, though the following sentence might work if I squint a bit: “When times are tough, I appreciate your supportive SIDE/attitude.” . The mildly cryptic first part of the clue indicates where the answer appears in the grid. . Feel free to pipe up if you can parse this any more satisfactorily…