Backed (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">backed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for reversed that I've seen before include "what the answer to the final clue [Send up and down (5)] might be" , "Turned backwards" , "Overruled" , "withdrawn" , "Drove car backwards" .)
(Other definitions for funded that I've seen before include "Financed" , "Subsidised (by)" , "Put up money" , "Supplied with capital" .)