Crossword

[audia1]

28a. Kid was vacillating, by the sound of it? S?E?E

[1ozzy]

Swede

[geevo41]

SUEDE - swayed

[audia1]

Thanks

[1ozzy]

I can't spell!

[fiction-factory]

I can see that suede sounds like swayed (vacillating) but not where kid fits in

[donny48]

Kid leather is used for suedse.

[JJ109]

1.
tanned leather of calf, kid, cowhide, etc., with the flesh side buffed into a nap

[1ozzy]

I can confirm Suede.

Swede's a vegetable!

[fiction-factory]

Thanks donny- I did think of goat connection but it didn't seem enough to me. I wondered if there was something missing (eg word skin) from the clue

[dannyk13]

FF.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/kid
Noun def.4

[fiction-factory]

Thanks. I've seem jj109's now. I didn't know kid was also a term for leather

[fiction-factory]

Sorry danny- I meant i've seen yours. I think jj109's was just confirming that suede was made from kids' leather which we knew

[Tilly2]

♫ But don't you
Step on my blue suede shoes
Well you can do anything
But stay off of my blue suede shoes. ♫ :-)

[fiction-factory]

Okay- I'm persueded

[1ozzy]

Must have been a cold kid Tilly

[1ozzy]

Or maybe sad