The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ENDOW
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More clues leading to the result ENDOW
- Finance demise that hurt
- Limit old women's fund
- Less than 50% of women do without support financially
- Present object that hurts
- Finance some men do without
- Provide money, enough to keep daughter
- Women do well at heart to invest
- Leave from 19 down
- Provide conclusion with cry of pain
- Fund new loony Borders party
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The straight part
We know that "Provide funds" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case provide funds = endow.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ENDOW mean?
ENDOW verb- To provide with a dower or a dowry.
- To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
- Followed by with, or rarely by of: to enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
- Usually in the passive: to naturally furnish (with something).