Rope fibre from lasso cut and spun, catching setter (5)
I believe the answer is:
sisal
'rope fibre' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'lasso cut and spun catching setter' is the wordplay.
'cut' is a deletion indicator.
'and' becomes 'also'.
'spun' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'catching' becomes 'las' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'setter' becomes 'I' (the person that set the crossword).
'lasso' with 'also' taken out is 's'.
'las'+'i'='lasi'
'lasi' backwards is 'isal'.
's'+'isal'='SISAL'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sisal that I've seen before include "Fibre-yielding agave" , "Type of fibre" , "Strong rope fibre" , "Plant producing rope" , "Agave rope-fibre" .)