Riddle poem

[mondloch]

My first is in austin but not in Boston,
My second's in pnd and also in frond.
My third's in the city but not in the street
My fourth's not in steak, but it is found in meat
My fifth and eighth are one and the same,
(They're found in the park, the ball, and the game).
My sixth is on a flea; my seventh's not in glee
What word could I possibly be?

[eddiebun]

I get


A O C M A F - A
U N I L
I D Y A E


With the seventh letter anything but G L or E

Animalia fits - all animals are members of the KIngdom Animalia - but it seems a very obscure word !

I hope the above set of letters posts Okay !

[eddiebun]

No it didn't quite post alright - it looked okay on the page. But, I think you can see what I was getting at !

[mightywease]

Hi Eddiebun - animalia is the only word i could get too.

On the line "My second's in PND and also in FROND" do you think PND should be POND? If so this gives me an "o" that I didn't have before. Also do you know what letter/s "My sixth is on flea" is as I can't get anything for that

Thanks

Louise

[eddiebun]

Hi mightywease - yeah - I'm presuming that should have said POND, and I'd say the sixth could be any of F L E or A, I think I missed typing the option of A for the sixth letter in my original post.

[eddiebun]

Sorry for the delay I was off washing the dishes !

[mightywease]

Hi Eddiebun

Thanks for that - still can only come up with animalia but am now perusing the dictonary with various combinations to see if I can find anythig else!

[eddiebun]

Come on Mondloch - what was the answer ?