Financial backer
The crossword clue "Financial backer" is answered by ANGEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANGEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANGEL answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FUNDER (1 uses in xd)
- SPONSOR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ANGEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANGEL, most used first.
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Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
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