Why?

[yqg33f]

Hi,
Could anyone explain why the answer to 21d is feline, can't see it from the clue?

[factor-fiction]

What's the clue please?

[emmie]

from the mail. have binned the paper.

[decmangan]

The Spanish in OK?

[factor-fiction]

Sleek elegant NY Railway cutting F?L?N?

[Mamyalynne]

Sleek elegant NY Railway cutting

[scorpiojo]

Sleek, elegant NY railway cutting

[decmangan]

If its from the mail, probably cat!

[emmie]

not cat, as you can see from the answers,

[Mamyalynne]

Can see, elegant - FINE
Railway - LINE


But 'NY' ?

[Psybbo]

Fe (iron) line

[Mamyalynne]

Sleek could be Feline ??

[decmangan]

That will be the EL then.

[decmangan]

As in elevated!

[Ellipsis]

Sleek = FELINE

elegant = FINE
NY Railway (cutting fine) = EL except that the EL is in Chicago not New York! Short for "elevated", it's a railway that runs above the streets.

[alanogden]

The el is the ELevated railway in New York.

[decmangan]

Emmie, it was sarcastic.

[emmie]

why,

[Sipowicz]

fe = federal express?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Express_(train)

[Prudie]

Yep the El in fine. Well done you lot.

[emmie]

its quite a good crossword.