Thank you so much
Of course it’s vole and yes, I got two of the down clues utterly wrong.
I thought a snowdrop was a flower but in fact it was an avalanche! Which was why I had an ‘a’ and not a ‘v’ and the ‘d’ came from another incorrect word of mine.
It all makes sense now!
So I can turn off the light!
I’m still learning that you must trust the clue.