Famous uni gives journalism Grant to car company? (8)
I believe the answer is:
stanford
'famous uni' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'journalism grant to car company?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'to' could be 'for' and 'for' is located in the answer.
'car' could be 't' and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sand' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'gives' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stanford that I've seen before include "American university" , "Charles Villiers --, Irish composer" , "Charles Villiers -; Ir. composer" , "Northern California university" , "church composer" .)