Answer: SOURCE

AnswerCrossword Clue
SOURCEReporter's informant
SOURCEWhat Lake Victoria is to the Nile.
SOURCEFountain.
SOURCEDerivation.
SOURCEMichener title, with "The"
SOURCEFount
SOURCEMichener's "The ..."
SOURCEDeep Throat, e.g., in the Watergate scandal
SOURCEDeep Throat, e.g.
SOURCESupplier of information
SOURCEPoint of origin
SOURCEA journalist may cite one
SOURCEWellspring
SOURCEGenesis
SOURCEPerson who knows the story
SOURCEListing in a footnote
SOURCEOne given a citation
sourcepoint of origin or procurement beginning
sourcea generative force cause
sourcefirsthand document or primary reference work
sourceto originate from
sourceelectrode in a field-effect transistor that supplies the charge carriers for current flow compare drain gate
sourcering fount
SOURCELake Itasca, for the Mississippi
SOURCERoot
SOURCEBibliography item
SOURCECorrespondent's correspondent
SOURCEBibliography entry
SOURCEFountainhead
SOURCEReporter's aid
SOURCELake Itasca, to the Mississippi
SOURCEDeep Throat, to Woodward and Bernstein
SOURCEFootnote acknowledgment
SOURCEBibliography acknowledgment
SOURCEOrigin
SOURCEFont
SOURCEReporter's contact
SOURCEReporter's information supplier
SOURCEReporter's need
SOURCERiver's beginning