| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SPONSORSHIP | Backing | |
| SUPPORT | Backing | |
| FINANCING | Financial backing | |
| PATRONIZATION | Financial backing | |
| BAND | Singers backing | |
| ACCOMPANIMENT | Singer's backing | |
| MORAL | Backing, ... support | |
| FUND | Provide financial backing | |
| SIGNAL | Lang is backing gesture | |
| BACKPACKING | Spooner’s pack backing nomadic exploration | |
| ROBE | Latest Vogue backing fleece loungewear | |
| STRATA | Classes getting arts backing? Ta! | |
| ANIMAL | Brutish Ted discarded laminated backing | |
| UFOS | Proviso fully backing secret spacecraft | |
| FLUNK | A failure or backing out | |
| SAME | Sad men backing away? Me too | |
| NEEDLE | The French backing necessity to provoke | |
| ADELE | Adelaide cancelled backing for British singer | |
| EMIR | Queen accepting I’m backing Muslim leader | |
| UNACCOMPANIED | Kind of performance staged without backing | |
| VOCAL | Outspoken Val seen about company backing | |
| REACTS | Responds to queen backing parliamentary laws | |
| PATRONAGE | Backing part torn on newspaper from Melbourne | |
| SUGARY | Gary goes after US backing ... sweet! | |
| RELIED | Banked on Her Majesty backing new deli | |