Wee Stinker 1 September

[jockie]

A very nice puzzle, well up to Myops's tricky best.

But I'm stuck with 20D "Gumshoe" --T-Y (probably G-T-Y). The puzzle includes a large number of fictional detectives, and this looks like being an American one, but google/wiki searches reveal no such creature.

[British_Olympics]

Could it be Getty ?

[Mamyalynne]

gutty1
ˈgʌti/
nounIRISHSCOTTISHinformal
a plimsoll.

[Wharton]

gutty - sandshoe/trainer etc
19a smug

[dannyk13]

Do you live in a library Lynne?

[Wharton]

^or a plimsoll :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Yes.

[scorpiojo]

:o)

[dannyk13]

:-)

[jockie]

Thanks, Mamyalynne - I'm sure that's right. But which dictionary are you quoting? It's not Chambers (any edition) or Collins (basic version) or the Shorter OED or the full 1920-something OED or Webster's Third. Surely I don't need to go out and buy yet another ... ?

[dannyk13]

www.memidex.com/gutty+gym-shoe "gutty" (gym shoe) definition: a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top. Synonyms: plimsol [Britain], plimsole [Britain], plimsoll...

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/gutty

[Mamyalynne]

It possibly derived from Gutta Percha, which may have been used in the gum sole?

Also a Gutty can be a street urchin, so maybe a low class of footwear?