Funding for some confectionery (5)

I believe the answer is:

lolly

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'funding for some confectionery' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'funding for some confectionery' is the wordplay.
'funding for' becomes 'lol' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'some' means to look at the middle letters.
'confectionery' becomes 'jelly egg' (jelly egg is a kind of confectionery).
The centre of 'jellyegg' is 'ly'.
'lol'+'ly'='LOLLY'

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(Other definitions for lolly that I've seen before include "A sweet; money (slang)" , "Flavoured iced water" , "Moolah" , "Cash (slang)" , "Money (for suckers?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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