Spectator 2566 Somewhere Xii

[Tilly2]

Help please.

22ac Fabric had by Lady of Shalott? (7)

I had Camelot, which is a fabric but it is incorrect. I now have ?E??IN?

Is it weaving?

[aelmpvw]

heroine

[Tilly2]

Why Ael?

[aelmpvw]

isn't heroine a fabric? the word had in the clue puzzles me?

[Tilly2]

I can't find heroine in my list of fabrics.

[Toorak]

D Elaine

D (abbreviation of had) Elaine (the lady of shallot)

[aelmpvw]

well done Toorak, d for had is a new one on me

[Tilly2]

Goodness Toorak! Where did you find Elaine?

[Tilly2]

Same here, Ael. :-)

How does 'had' become 'D'

[Toorak]

It’s here Tilly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Toorak. I'd skipped the background and went straight on to reading the poem.

[Toorak]

‘D in chambers as abbreviation of had

E.g. he’d gone to the park