Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

Really struggling with this one today:
18d "A leather article is certainly short from the bottom" (6): ? U ? S ? A
13d "Traveller from literature toddler gets excited about" (2,8); DR DOLITTLE just about works as an anagram if you take excited to be lit, but was he a traveller?
25a "Praise Ford Scorpio, extremely hard to reverse" (7); I think HOSANNA just about works but really not sure.
Any help greatly appreciated

Anna Ford (UK ex newsreader) + so - extreme of Scorpio + h - hard - reversed H os anna?

18 Russia (leather)
A is sur(e) reversed

Article - a + is sur(e)( certainly short) from the bottom gives russia - leather atricle?

Did he not travel the world with his animals?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_leather

One of the books is The Voyages of Dr Dolittle, so perhaps he qualifies?

Thanks everybody; that was really helpful