DM Wed

[Jobowo]

Struggling a bit

7d A hundred once gathered here, sticking together _ _ H _ _ _ N _ E

Adherence looks good but why?

13a Downpour and deafening explosion _ L _ _ _ B _ _ _ T

Cloudbusrt looks good but again why?

If its cloudburst the 11d is _ U _ E - picked up stolen goods and instrument LUTE ???

1d Late U.S. container takes bananas to support Cuba C _ S _ _ _

5a Reckless plan to arrest Aide de camp _ A _ _ _ P

[squarebear]

lute looks good. It rhymes with LOOT (stolen goods)

[mojay]

coherence
cloudburst
lute
madcap

[TheNovice]

7dn Adherence
13ac Cloudburst

[falconfan1]

coherence
cloudburst ( c loud burst)
lute (loot)
casket - anagram takes c
madcap

[TheNovice]

5a Madcap

[mojay]

1d casket - soz missed that earlier

[Jobowo]

Many thanks to you all. I managed to get Madcap and coherence. The Lute clue should have had a question mark or 'say' to indicate that it sounded like LOOT. But hey!! Thanks again. Just one to go. I'll post nother question.

[Dodger666]

I think they suggest "picked up" as to mean heard loot as lute.