Around the capital of Latvia, what relates to artistic or intellectual endeavour is a growth business. (12)
I believe the answer is:
agricultural
'around' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'capital of latvia what relates to artistic or intellectual endeavour is a growth business' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'artistic' could be 'cultural' (I've seen this before) and 'cultural' is found in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for agricultural that I've seen before include "Rural; farmed" , "Lulu Craig art (anag.)" , "Related to farming" , "Relating to farming" .)