Maybe amphibious would be better but loses some of the symmetry of the clue.
Cryptic, innit?
(A recent CtC Friday video featured "Offer?" as a definition for the solution "Assassin". Apparently that is a classic clue. I don't think that a tadpole being fish-like is a greater stretch than that.
Also "grounds worker" for "barista" in the same puzzle. Ditto.)
Worked for me, what can I say?
Maybe amphibious would be better but loses some of the symmetry of the clue.
Cryptic, innit?
(A recent CtC Friday video featured "Offer?" as a definition for the solution "Assassin". Apparently that is a classic clue. I don't think that a tadpole being fish-like is a greater stretch than that.
Also "grounds worker" for "barista" in the same puzzle. Ditto.)