Irish, excluding middle third, supporting current measure relating to frogs? (9)
I believe the answer is:
amphibian
'irish' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'excluding middle third supporting current measure relating to frogs?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'middle' could be 'm' (abbreviation for middle) and 'm' is present in the answer.
'current' could be 'i' (symbol for electric current) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'measure' could be 'ph' (pH is a kind of measure) and 'ph' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amphibian that I've seen before include "versatile vehicle" , "Animal that lives on land and in water" , "Frog for one" , "Animal able to live in both land and water" , "Vehicle for use on land or water" .)