I went for attestor, using 'Oval' as an indicator for 'o' + r (extra runs). I couldn't find 'e' as an abbreviation for extra. (Just hope I'm right as mine's in the post).
Just checked the last 10,000 Times clues (no I don't have a life)......egg (example Times 24005....Charlie swallowing cream egg and mineral = ASBESTOS) but no sing of Oval...first appearance?
Hi K and thanks for that...a bit of a tricky clue. (We've had such bad thunder and lightning up here in Fife that we switched the computer off for a while - hence the delay in my replying). Thanks again, judy