Local paper

[dicmor]

To turn a canal boat round in the opposite direction (4)

[Dinkypuzzled]

wind ?

[peashaq]

away ?

[shoota]

Away = a yaw

[dicmor]

I am totally lost - I have ?L?D and nothing makes sense

[Mamyalynne]

Slew - to turn about the axis ?

[dicmor]

thank you all - i am still stumped if i have the answer PSYLLIUM for the clue Botaniczal term for a pitcher-shaped leaf

[shoota]

Tricky one - I can't come up with anything with those letters, sorry :-(

[peashaq]

botanical term - vasculum ?

[HowardKennitby]

pitcher-shaped leaf = ascidium

[Mamyalynne]

Both of those are valid.

[HowardKennitby]

For Mamy

Which 2 are you referring to?

[Mamyalynne]

vasculum and ascidium

[HowardKennitby]

Which dictionary do you have that indicates vasculum has anything to do with either leaves or pitcher shapes?

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.watsonia.org.uk/Proc3p41.pdf

[HowardKennitby]

OK Mamy, I concede. :-(

I hope you will agree that is a VERY obscure definition, and not one that I would call current.

[HowardKennitby]

But the source go give is not actually a dictionary.

[Mamyalynne]

Of course it is not current and your answer stands correct in it's own right, but we are being fed piecemeal, so is hard to establish where we are.

[HowardKennitby]

Agreed. I am done with this one.

[antpdeana]

I take it, it is the NARPO crossword you are doing, if so, the botanical term for a pitcher shaped leaf is ASCIDIUM, and a canal boat is turned around in a WINDING HOLE, so the answer is WIND...

[dannyk13]

Slew