Dt Quick 18 January

[what a twit]

13 across (6) D*I*A*. I thought it was Dallas but it doesn't fit with the "I" [axoloti - Salamander].

[mazie]

and.... The clue is ?

[dannyk13]

Axolotl with an l not i( Dallas is correct)

[Peter Pedant]

yeah the final syllable is LOTL and
rhymes with bottle

and they are really interesting as they show the sign called neoteny. They go around in tadpole form (but fertile wh tadpoles clearly arent) and someone came along and gave them thyroid hormone and they trasnformed into - other things.