### Clue: Pasquale, perhaps, cross-culturally cross-dressing, cold and dry (8)
### Answer: SARDONIC 
 ### Explanation: Definition: dry
  SARI(Indian garment) **containing**(cross) DON(dressing) + C(cold)?  Is Pasquale the setter, sardonic? Or "Sardinian"(Italian from the island who might,perhaps be named Pasquale) +  ???? + C(cold).  That's as far as I got, which is not near enough, so help requested.  Edit.note.  Thanks  and .  {SARI(Indian garment,cross-culturally…dressing) **containing**('cross) DON(an example of which,perhaps is Pasquale aka Don Manley, crossword setter)} My excuse for not twigging the DON connection: that sedative from yesterday hasn't worn off 🙂 Edit.note, morning after revision:  Thanks to .  {DON(an example of which,perhaps is Pasquale aka Don Manley, crossword setter) ***contained in***(…dressing) a SARI(an Indian,cross-culturally, female,cross-dressing garment)} + C($$c$$old).