### Clue: Thunderer has a point – as does this (5)
### Answer: THORN 
 ### Explanation: Definition: as does this
 THOR(in Norse mythology, the hammer-wielding god associated with, among other things, thunder) **plus**(has) N(abbrev. for "north", the compass point).
Defn: "this" in the clue has a (sharp) point.