Funding source Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Funding source crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on December 5 2025 Newsday Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Funding source has a total of 6 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | PATRON | Funding source | Newsday |
| 20% | LOAN | College funding source often | USA Today |
| 20% | SOFTMONEY | Political campaign funding source | LA Times |
| 20% | SALTTAX | Funding source for the Great Wall of China | New York Times |
| 20% | FEDERALGRANTS | Funding sources for many labs | New York Times |
Definition
| • | One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. |
| • | A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. |
| • | A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. |
| • | An advocate or pleader. |
| • | One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art. |
| • | One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. |
| • | A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. |
| • | See Padrone, 2. |
| • | To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. |
| • | Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. |
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- Newsday: Dec 5, 2025
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