Scotsman Factfinder's

[Bootlace]

27accross Heavy rock composed of hydrated copper. ???e?e?t?n
Many thanks for any help.

[roslyn251254]

serpentine?

[Bootlace]

Thanks but it doesn't work with 21down coarse undyed homespun woollen cloth. I have hodden which gives thfourth letter accross as "e"

[bibblebub]

that might be russet

defn 2 http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/russet

[bibblebub]

sorry, that's doesn't change the E

[scorpiojo]

Is the letter pattern correct?

[Free-thinker]

The cloth hodden
Free-thinker

[Bootlace]

Thank you all will try to find answer somewhere on line.

[Lie-in King]

Have you confirmed the other letters in the pattern you've shown?

[Bootlace]

I think so, 16 down is the hammerhead an african bird akin to the storks, that was U?B?E??? And I have umbrette. The n comes from siemens a unit of electrical conductance, and ofcourse hodden.

[Bootlace]

Just noticed the pattern I gave is not quite right. It should be ???e?t?n. Sorry everyone for misleading you aNd thanks Lie-in king for pointing it out. Still don't have the answer.

[MargoTester]

Arthurite?

[Mamyalynne]

So the new pattern is ...

???e?t?n - 8 letters??

[fiction-factory]

Please can you confirm it is only only 8 letters as now shown

[scorpiojo]

Invisible again

[Lie-in King]

If 9 letters -

Bluestone (?)

http://www.yourdictionary.com/bluestone

[Bootlace]

So sorry, my head is full of the spectrum crossword so iI have to apologise the pattern is ???e?t?n? Nine letters and I now think the second might be an"e".
Apologies again for confusion.

[fiction-factory]

So Lie-in King's answer looks right

[fiction-factory]

Or serpentine if it is 10 after all

[Mamyalynne]

Bluestone looks good then, no crosser near the start of the word?

[MargoTester]

So roslyn could have been right all along with serpentine?