Does it provide treatment for the hot and peevish? (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
red cross
'does it provide treatment for' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'hot and peevish?' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'red' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'peevish?' becomes 'cross' (I've seen this in another clue).
'red'+'cross'='RED-CROSS'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for red cross that I've seen before include "organisation offering aid" , "seen flying across the country on April twentythird" , "International movement" , "International team" , "Medical group" .)