Solutions However that may be has 11 entries with similar clues

• 3-letter words
• butHowever
• thohowever, for short
• yetHowever
• 5-letter words
• reedsPlants providing thatching material
• toughSuffering loss of first husband, however unlucky
• 6-letter words
• butterhowever, ted's baseless rumour initially spread
• 8-letter words
• rondavelRound thatched building in South Africa
• rebuttalDenial, however, later sorted out
• granthamLady Thatcher's birthplace
• 11-letter words
• nonethelessHowever
• 14-letter words
• face-the-factsConfront the truth, however unwelcome