Donate SIGN UP
Home > Crosswords > Spectator 2512

Spectator 2512

Avatar Image
pomona | 12:16 Thu 24th Jun 2021 | Crosswords
6 Answers
All done except...
26a Livingstone's pet requested something (3) AS?
prev Lovatts Cryptic
  
next Ev 1492 Endgame
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 6 of 6rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by pomona. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
Avatar Image ProfessorMaisie
Ken Livingstone has/had a pet newt called 'Adolf' - a young newt is an...
12:17 Thu 24th Jun 2021
Avatar Image ProfessorMaisie
sorry, it's a dialect word for a newt (and 'something requested' is the less common noun of the more usual 'request').
12:24 Thu 24th Jun 2021
Avatar Image pomona
Question Author
Thanks ProfessorMaisie.
Hard one today ...hit on the theme quite by accident...even though i have read it many times in the past!!
12:28 Thu 24th Jun 2021
Avatar Image ProfessorMaisie
It was all news to me - luckily I hit on a web site with all of the details (by the way, 'Adolf' the newt was a spoof and the reporter apologised for repeating it - but KL kept newts at his home, I think that is true).
12:39 Thu 24th Jun 2021
Avatar Image ProfessorMaisie
...and yes, pomona - I found it tough too.
12:42 Thu 24th Jun 2021
Avatar Image novalis
I always find Pabulum's offerings challenging and this was no exception.
13:06 Thu 24th Jun 2021

1 to 6 of 6rss feed

Do you know the answer?

Spectator 2512

Answer Question >>