The Maori welders somehow endured the heat (9)
I believe the answer is:
sweltered
'endured the heat' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sweltered that I've seen before include "Suffered from great heat" , "suffered in the hot weather?" , "Suffered from excessive heat" .)