### Clue: Scatters seeds containing nitrogen with garden implement – it spreads the load on soft ground (8)
### Answer: SNOWSHOE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: it spreads the load on soft ground
 SOWS(scatters seeds for growing, including metaphorically, wild oats) **containing**(containing) N(symbol for the chemical element, nitrogen) **plus**(with) HOE(garden implement, which could be used for sowing).
Defn: …, so that you don't sink, not quite into the ground, but into the soft snow covering it.