Possible Clues:

• Drape
• Bandage the man following hit
• To go on strike, he may 9 across
• A broad strip as of cut grass
• It gets cut so as to beat 15 across
• Wrap in layers as of bandages
• Was moved by the bandage
• If there's a thaw in the south-east, wrap it up
• Wrap as in layers of bandages
• Such a bind was the mixture!