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Billion pounds possibly for sponsors (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

backers

'for sponsors' is the definition.
(backer is a kind of sponsor)

'billion pounds possibly' is the wordplay.
'billion' becomes 'b'.
'pounds possibly' becomes 'ackers' (ackers can informally mean money).
'b'+'ackers'='BACKERS'

(Other definitions for backers that I've seen before include "coping with reverses?" , "Angels" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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