a small dog bites slim cropped arthropod

[Orn8one]

Can anyone help my 93 year old Father in law with this? I can't!
Thank you.

[Mamyalynne]

letter count??

[ubasses]

how many letters, and has he got any placed yet?

[mallyh]

apelike a peke li from slim cropped

[Mamyalynne]

But an ape isn't....

[Mamyalynne]

ar·thro·pod
noun /ˈärTHrəˌpäd/ 
arthropods, plural

An invertebrate animal of the large phylum Arthropoda, such as an insect, spider, or crustacean

[Orn8one]

Wow thanks. He has A-E-I-E, so three letters missing.
Thank you for the answers. Sorry I didn't give enough info.
I suggested apelike to him but he didn't see where the dog came in.

[Mamyalynne]

Well done mallyh - we have just rewritten science ....unless I am missing something.

Sorry Orn.

[Psybbo]

Congratulations to ypur f-i-l, he must be an amazing man

[askyourgran]

Your 93 yr old Dad seems to have a good brain for crosswords still Orn8one.

[Mamyalynne]

I agree with everyone, good on him :-)

[mallyh]

answered it this morning for retrocop

[Calibax]

Are you sure it's not Anthropoid rather than Arthropod?

[magicmick]

Alewife is a fish any good?

[Orn8one]

Thanks to both. How cryptic was that....I don't have the right brain. So I'll tell him apelike.

[Orn8one]

Apelike or not!!! Yes he is a splendid man. He does the Mail and the Telegraph c'words everyday and sends them to the papers to try and win a prize.
Thank you all for your thoughts, what fun this is.

[mallyh]

hope im still able to do crosswords at 93

[Mamyalynne]

Anthropoid - of course !!

[Orn8one]

Anthropoid?

[Calibax]

^Yes, the last word of the clue should read anthropoid which means apelike and not arthropod which is an invertebrate animal with an exoskeleton and jointed limbs.

[mac44]

Just to clear things up, this is from the Mail today and the clue says anthropoid.