18dn

[drdrmrgn]

the answer seems to be Gaddafi but in the papers the name is spelt Gadaffi. Could the compiler be wrong?? Or am I?

[Mamyalynne]

Full clue?

[boxtops]

There are so many ways of spelling words when translating from original Arabic.... I'd go for 2 Ds myself.

[Lie-in King]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi

[drdrmrgn]

Sunday Times 4455 18 dn. Good boost, if a revolutionary deposed dictator (7)

[drdrmrgn]

Sunday Times 4455 18dn

the answer seems to be Gaddafi but in the papers the name is spelt Gadaffi. Could the compiler be wrong?? Or am I?

[drdrmrgn]

Thanks all but still doesn't explain why in The Sunday Times it refers to Colonel Gadaffi.

[Lie-in King]

From the Sunday Times (Online) -

"...the last significant territory held by the ousted Gaddafi regime has fallen to jubilant Libyan revolutionaries.

Tracer fire lit up the sky over Sirte, Colonel Gaddafi’s native city, last night as the revolutionaries toasted their victory..."