23 across - Japanese cooking technique - 8 ~E~I~A~~ 27 across - Man made material that is used more than any other - 8 ~O~C~~~E 4 down - Herbaceous perennial with culinery, medicinal uses and in the making of paper and textiles - 6 ~E~T~E
Many thanks; I must be very out of practice having been away!! Well, that's my excuse!!
Thank you both very much; I had Googles 'concrete' but wasn't convinced it could be right! Had no idea about nettles being used to make textiles ~ I just hope they take the stinginess out first!!
Don't be unknind!! I do the answers to the crosswords, and Himself does the spelling. It's not my fault that the AnswerBank doesn't haver a spell checking facility!