Indy weekend

[puzzled272]

Wed, among others briefly
heard of, a dairy-maid. (3)

D??

Completely stumped; any suggestions please?

[cucuhullan]

Dam.?

Wed------D,AMong others.

[kayakamina]

Dam ? weD AMong.... Mother

[puzzled272]

Not completely convinced. Seems very loose fit
with too much clue left flapping -- other clues are
very precisely constructed. Many thanks for all your
input.

[sarumite]

I was thinking " Day " as in Wed a day among others, but can't completely fit to rest of clue?

[kayakamina]

I seem to remember that last weekend Quizmonkey told us that the Indy crossword is not straightforward in that usually an answer has to be adjusted by adding or removing a letter before entry to the grid.

Possibly this is the case here?

[ulysses100]

Wed is short for Wednesday and, like other days of the week is shortened ; a "dey" is a dairymaid, which sounds like "day"

[puzzled272]

Many thanks ulysses100, you seem to have cracked it. This was definitely an 'ordinary' clue; not one of the clues that required modification. The only thing left to decide is, do they want DAY or DEY (dairy-maid) -- to me it seems to read as if they want the latter?

[ulysses100]

On first reading of the clue I put "day" but now you've raised doubt -- it could be "dey" . Too late now, I've posted it off !