Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

and 47a must be a grange but dont get the rest-any ideas?

The answer is AGENT ORANGE which was used as a form of chemical warfare that stripped plants of their foliage and was used in the Vietnam War.

It is an anagram of NOTE in A GRANGE

45 Down is TARMAC

Temperature is T and a group of drinkers is CAMRA (Campaign for real ale) baackwards is ARMAC together makes TARMAC = surface

Yes=got it just before the post-many thanks for the confirmation