Licensed Teacher Dropping Marks For Neat Officer. A?i?t?r

[freeston99]

is it agistor or agister. also fibre which after weaving can be used in textiles, is it ixtle or istle

[fiction-factory]

We couldn't decide regarding ISTLE and IXTLE

[fiction-factory]

Agister and agistor are both used (although rarely).
What does Chambers have?

[fiction-factory]

agister gets more hits on Google

[aelmpvw]

(m)agister

[fiction-factory]

ixtle gets more hits than istle on Google.
It's down to the setter. Does the setter have a preferred dictionary?

[Mamyalynne]

(M)Agister

[sunny-dave]

Has to be agister because of the 'drop marks' wordplay (magister is a word, but magistor isn't)

[fiction-factory]

Yes, of course the word for licensed teacher is magister not magistor.

[freeston99]

chambers say's agistor or agister, i thought i'd missed something in the clue. the same with istle and ixtle

[Mamyalynne]

I have always used 'Istle' as the British spelling, 'Ixtle' being the Mexican Spanish.

Of course both are correct.

[freeston99]

nice one dave

[freeston99]

thans to all

[fiction-factory]

My first thought was IXTLE was because the letter are found in teXTILEs (or tEXTILes) but, as someone pointed, so is texTILES- although I think IXTLE is more 'in' whereas ISTLE is more 'at the end'. So I'd have a slight preference for ixtle. But surely both will be accepted