Still on last week's! 12a A personification of the north-west wind (8) ?R?E?T?M looks like argentum but I cannot confirm. 17d South African thorn plant that catches on the clothes of passers-by....
Has anyone out there got an old fashioned receipe for this broth? I like to cook veg soups in a pressure cooker, does barley need to be soaked or cooked longer beforehand?
5D A member of a begging order of dervishes founded 13th century. (8) ??L?N?E? 5A South African brandy, dop. (4,5) ??P? S?O?E. Looks like cape something!
6d A rawhide thong (4) R?E? . Re 5d 'A stiffening for a doublet ? was there any concensus for the answer we had from saturday 'spectrum'? 'sweetgum'? 'stenting'? I thought sweetgum was the candidate?...
19d As far as this, in latin (5,3) ?U??? H?C. 11a Equal to (2,1,3,4) U? ?A? W?T? 16d A composition of oil shellac and rubber that is water resistant. (6,4) ???I?E ?L?E .
7d 'League' member of the pre-war children's radio club. (9) O?A?N?Y 27a Mythological Irish stone mason credited with building the Round Towers (5,4) G?B?N ?A?R
