### Clue: Heading off, one subsidising fellow journalist short of fare (8)
### Answer: UNDERFED 
 ### Explanation: Definition: short of fare
 **1st letter deleted from**(Heading off) "funder"(one subsidising/providing funds for an expenditure) + F(abbrev. for "fellow") + ED(abbrev. for "editor", a journalist).
Defn: …/food that is.