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Godparent may bring fancy spoons, right? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sponsor

'godparent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fancy spoons right?' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates an anagram.
'right?' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'spoons' with letters rearranged gives 'sponso'.
'sponso'+'r'='SPONSOR'

'may bring' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sponsor that I've seen before include "Godparent at a baptism" , "Promoter, godparent" , "One funding an event" , "Provide finance for" , "One paying to support" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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