A cause of hot gusts blowing through Barnet? (9)
I believe the answer is:
hairdryer
'hot gusts blowing through barnet?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'a cause' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'cause' could be 'dry' (dry is a kind of cause) and 'dry' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hirer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hairdryer that I've seen is " Salon equipment".)