Sunday Times

[Jascon]

Marshall alert in his office L?T?I?E

Is it anagram ie LATRINE

Don't know why

[ladyalex]

anagram of alert in

[ladyalex]

oops, sorry I haven' t helped at all.
Too late for me
:-(

[ladyalex]

Just got it
Latrine =office , as in 'the usual offices'
Marshall=re-arrange
Hope I have redeemed myself
;-)

[Jascon]

how do you get MARSHALL HIS OFFICE to be LATRINE?

[greyfox]

Marshall is the anagram indicator for 'alert in'. Latrine is a lavatory, especially in barracks, and 'office' is a euphemism for the same.

[Lie-in King]

I can't see this one...

Marshall is a proper noun, while marshal is the verb "to arrange in order"...

A latrine is a lavatory, while 'office' is a euphemism for lavatory...

All seems a tad tenuous to me, although I'm sure someone will have a satisfactory answer!

[greyfox]

Oops! I repeated Jascon's extra 'l' in Marshall. The clue in the paper has only one 'l', so I think my reasoning, with Lie-in King's added detail, still stands.