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From an old Times crossword.

I'm flagging here to the point where I can't even get what look to be easy ones to complete.


DOWN CLUE:
Image of a man crushed by a beast, one up amongst the best(7).

- - O - I - -

ACROSS CLUE:
Manipulator drops wife who looks for compliments (6).

- - - L - R

Any thoughts, ideas or solutions would be appreciated.

NOTE: Last letter of DOWN clue is 2nd letter of ACROSS clue.

(W)angler

(w)angler.

emoticon?

Fisher

Thank you both.

sudokolover - thanks for that but one letter too many.

Thank you for that suggestion, Fex. Definitely the right idea with fisher but ANGLER fits.

how about ....iconian. (is that a real word0.

Is the other one OXONIAN - i.e. ox on Ian

Up to Oxford and all that!

I like Iconian. Yes, it's a word.