Raised funding in support of comedy writer's compilations (9)
I believe the answer is:
compendia
'raised funding in support of comedy writer's compilations' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'raised funding in support of comedy writer's compilations' is the wordplay.
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'funding' becomes 'aid'.
'in support of' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters hold others up).
'comedy' becomes 'com' (I've seen this in other clues).
'writer's compilations' becomes 'pen' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'aid' backwards is 'dia'.
'com'+'pen'='compen'
'dia' put after 'compen' is 'COMPENDIA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for compendia that I've seen before include "set of encyclopaedias" , "books" , "summaries of work" , "Lots of puzzles" , "Dome panic (anag) - summaries or collections" .)