I Prize Cryptic Crossword No 1487

[souxie]

4 Down, Figure of speech in news item not right on reflection (5) T?O?E

Many thanks in advance

[1ozzy]

Trope

[1ozzy]

Trope = Figure of speech
Not right = Left = Port, in nautical terminology
On reflection = written backward.
Can't for the life of me figure out where the E comes from.

[mac44]

News item is report, remove the first r then reverse.

[1ozzy]

I obviously missed the obvious, thanks Mac, I was wondering how it parsed.

[mac44]

Good morning Ozzy.

[1ozzy]

Morning Mac, hope you are well.

[souxie]

Many thanks to you both,
OOPS, Sorry I have just realised that I submitted request in the wrong topic should have been Crosswords.

[1ozzy]

I never noticed ;-)