TLS 807

[yellow11]

18A IT IS EXEMPLIFIED IN A LETTER OF lORD mACAULAY 8 a?c?n?e?
ASCENDER? AS IN LETTERS ARE SENT BUT WHY mACAULAY? OR ASCENDED OR DOES QED COME IN=EXEMPLIFIED-WELL ALMOST!
THANKS

[Sandy-Wroe]

His biography was entitled 'Life and letters of Lord Macaulay'. Was he a prolific letter writer?

[JDOvengloves]

I too have struggled with this one. It seems a terrible clue, but I'm thinking the answer is ASCENDER

ascender

a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters

In this case the L in Macaulay.

[yellow11]

thanks both