Mephisto 2550

[welshbrie]

26d Petit bourgeois with bottle who may shoot grouse (6)

P-OTE-

Please explain wordplay, this is the last one and driving me mad, it looks like pooter but I don't know why. Thank you

[baitress]

Pooter. A character in the book , Diary of a Nobody

[Mysterons]

There is no wordplay as such, just 3 separate definitions of POOTER, all given in Chambers

[zita-green]

I can only give part of an answer. Petit bourgois - pooterish - from the Diary of a Nobody - pooter took himself way too seriously & thought his boring life would interest others. I am working on the bottle & the grouse

[welshbrie]

Thanks both.
I haven't got as good a version of Chambers as the Mysterons!
Should have remembered Pooter but it is a long time since I read the Diary of a Nobody.

[zita-green]

Mysterons is good. I don't have a Chambers, either. Keep dropping hints but no luck so far

[albaqwerty]

stop dropping hints, zita, scream and shout lol
good luck :D

[Mysterons]

Thanks zita - this is where I came by my latest copy - well worth a try !

[zita-green]

thank you albaquerty. I need to stamp my foot. Thanks also to mysterons. I think this one's a bit out of my league, though

[Mysterons]

Far from it zita - if you do Mephisto, the Spectator's crossword will not be a problem for you.

[zita-green]

I don't do Mephisto. Just saw the questions and had a go. I think Spectator's too hard for me but I'm having a go anyway