Adult with cold: sniffer about to receive care and strong tissue? (8,6)
I believe the answer is:
achilles tendon
'strong tissue?' is the definition.
(tissue in the body)
'adult with cold sniffer about to receive care and' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'adult' could be 'don' (don is a kind of adult) and 'don' is located in the answer.
'cold' could be 'chill' (chill can mean cold) and 'chill' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'este' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for achilles tendon that I've seen before include "part of leg" , "part of body" , "accident spot" , "Tissue" , "sinew" .)