Another From My Daughter!

[Farrwest]

Another poser from my daughter.
Clue - In the early evening hours spotted last of gateaux (two words 6 and 1) s????? X

[Mamyalynne]

Oh well,if fictional answers are a part of the crossword that's ok.

[Svejk]

you must let us know the answer, Farrwest, if you ever find out.

[anagram]

Probably on totally the wrong wavelength but I'm a big Arthur C Clarke fan and it was the first thing that came to mind :)

[Farrwest]

The crossing clues now result in S?L?N? X
Does that help? My daughter suggests there is a comic book character called Selene.

[anagram]

Selene is the goddess of the moon.

[Svejk]

that's it, alright. Well done methyl,

[Mamyalynne]

Without a parse ?Ok if that's what you say.

[Wharton]

I've never had a silent kiss in my life but I won't go into detail :-)

[Svejk]

spotted=lent inside early evening hours= six
and gateaux has a silent x (to posh people like me ;-))

[Obiter]

That reminds me of the chap who went into a posh baker's and said, "How much is them gattocks in the window?"

The assistant replied, "They're not gattocks, Sir, they're gateaux, pronounced gattow and they're £10 each."

"£10?", says the chap, "Bolleaux!"

[Bathsheba]

*snigger*.......;)

[Mamyalynne]

Svejk ,spotted -Lent,never in a million would I have seen that,brilliant!

[Farrwest]

Having started all this and being very impressed with the answer Silent X, I have to ask 'what is the definition?'

[Obiter]

The definition is 'silent X', the last letter of gateaux. The wordplay is 'lent', from a Latin word meaning 'spots' inside 'six', early evening.

[Farrwest]

Thanks Obiter. Finally!

[Captain2]

Well done guys for keeping it going until solved - especially Svejk for parsing.
I slept through all the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

[pixie373]

Well done- I was baffled too.