The Week 980/981

[MCC]

14 down is "Fasteners for elite troops" and I assume this is"seals", so 19 across - "Finger is bent? (5)" - is g?a?s, and I can't figure out what it is. Help, please.

[fiction-factory]

grass?

[fiction-factory]

bent2
bɛnt/Submit
noun
noun: bent; plural noun: bents; noun: bent grass; plural noun: bent grasses; noun: common bent; plural noun: common bents
1.
a stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

And finger = grass as in grassing to the police

[Captain2]

Grass - to finger someone is being 'bent'?

[Lie-in King]

Grass - to "finger; tell on" & bent is a type of grass

[MCC]

Thank you, all - I never knew 'bent' was a type of grass.