SPEC 2075 an outstanding idea?

[lashley]

help please
7d help securing most suitable asessments of water9-2 words starts s
8d 22 hands 4 C???
9d band's wanting end of sandwichrounds 5-hyphened starts h
10d american conflict finaly spread in our direction 6 U?????
thanks

[dannyk13]

10d.Upwards

[dannyk13]

8d.Crew?

[kayakamina]

Hoooo

Your is incorrect in two important ways.
Band's should be Bard's & after sandwich it reads ' four rounds'

[kayakamina]

I'm not much better!

I left out the word Clue.

[factor-fiction]

I'll need to look up what HOOOO means, kayakamina- I was thinking of Hoops but couldn't parse it. Is the answered hyphenated?

[kayakamina]

I'm not having a very good day!
The full clue should be-
Bard's cry wanting end of sandwich, four rounds (5, hyphenated)


Off to lie down!

[dannyk13]

Boo- hoo

[factor-fiction]

Me too. I was still reading the clue as BAND'S .
Is the answer HOO-OO then? The only thing I found with that spelling was a mythical Japanese phoenix. Is it something from Shakespeare?

[factor-fiction]

That looks good, dannyk- but it's 6 letters.
I'm confused

[blaris]

10d. usward

[blaris]

7d soap tests

[kayakamina]

Yes it is hoo-oo

According to Chambers - (Shakespeare) 'expressing boisterous emotion'

The wordplay is H (end of sandwich) OOOO (four rounds)
Bard , indicating Shakespeare.

[factor-fiction]

I agree with usward

[lashley]

thanks all-sorry re confusion-should have gone to specsavers!