Supporter providing free can of beer? About time! (10)
I believe the answer is:
benefactor
'supporter' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'free can of beer? about time' is the wordplay.
'free' is an anagram indicator.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'can'+'of'+'beer'='canofbeer'
'canofbeer' with letters rearranged gives 'benefacor'.
'benefacor' going around 't' is 'BENEFACTOR'.
'providing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for benefactor that I've seen before include "One giving money to a cause" , "One giving money to person/cause" , "One provides bread" , "Patron, sponsor" , "Donor to a good cause" .)