Possible Clues:

• The little creature gets left at last
• Amphibian can be sinister if topped
• Newt (archaic)
• Kind of newt found in clefts
• One foot short to the East, by land or water
• Newt-born?
• All that's left of this is the end of the new T (3)
• Left without starter once again
• Slimy creature sometimes put feet on back of settee
• Newt in transition