Hot air from gentleman accepting compliance with companies going back and forth (8)
I believe the answer is:
scirocco
'companies going back and forth' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'hot air from gentleman accepting compliance' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'compliance' could be 'c' (physics abbreviation) and 'c' is present in the answer.
'gentleman' could be 'sir' (a man may be addressed as sir) and 'sir' is found within the leftover letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for scirocco that I've seen is " Dry hot dusty wind blowing from N Africa".)