mos 24.02.08

[dorling]

13a in linnaean classification orders of plants with two styles or a deeply cleft style

39d islands a group in the atlantic off the west coast of the irish republic

[BigMac]

Digynia

Aran

[Peachie]

West Coast
Co. Clare:

Inishmore (or Deer) Island
Mutton Island
Co. Galway:

Aran Islands
Inisheer
Inishmaan
Inishmore
Aughinish
Omey Island
Inishark
Inishbofin
Inishturk
Co.Mayo

Clare Island
Clew Bay islands (there are 117)
Collanmore Island
Achill Island � Ireland's largest island
Achillbeg
Inishbiggle
Inishkea South
Inishkea North
Stags of Broadhaven
Pig Island
Illanmaster

[BigMac]

Peachie, yes, there are lots more... but the full clue as printed reads:

"39 _ _ _ Islands, a group in the Atlantic off the west coast of the Irish Republic (4)"

The first letter is 'A' (the last letter of 'Oscula' - inhalant apertures in a sponge) and the third letter is also 'A' - coming from 'Westward Ho'.