Clue Required...

[Achillesheel]

From yesterday's General Knowledge Crossword in the Daily Telegraph:-

44 Across:-

"Informal term for an outboard motor; also in journalism a short phrase leading in to the main body of a news story" - 6 letters

_ _C_ E_

The informal term we use for our outboard, particularly when it won't start, will not fit .........

Any assistance gratefully received.

 

[FistralG]

From yesterday's General Knowledge Crossword in the Daily Telegraph:-

44 Across:-

"Informal term for an outboard motor; also in journalism a short phrase leading in to the main body of a news story" - 6 letters

_ _C_ E_

The informal term we use for our outboard, particularly when it won't start, will not fit .........

Any assistance gratefully received.

KICKER

 

[Achillesheel]

Thank you! Never heard the expression though.

 

[prr]

Thank you! Never heard the expression though.

I'm thinking DONKEY as in donkey engine & 'Drop the Dead Donkey?' but that would make the C wrong....

 

[Achillesheel]

Donkey certainly sounds good, but its definitely a C as the down clue is "UK Prime Minister from 1957-63" which is Macmillan.

 

[Tmacd]

From 'The Newspaper Designers Handbook' -

Kicker - A small, short, one-line headline, often underscored, placed above a larger headline.

 

[Iain C]

Fecker. Seems to fit...