Plants and things that crawl (8)
I believe the answer is:
creepers
'plants' is the definition.
(creeper is a type of plant)
'things that crawl' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'crawl' could be 'creep' (synonyms) and 'creep' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ers' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for creepers that I've seen before include "Plants growing along the ground" , "ramblers" , "Soft-soled shoes" , "Plants, such as ivy" , "Virginia and Ivy, say" .)