Times Cryptic Jumbo

[PeterHillman]

Offensive Dutch, English or Spanish supporters lobbed bottles (4) P-S-

Looks like it should be PUSH as in a military offensive - with the letter "h" being the supporters (ie last letters of Dutch, English or Spanish), but what has lobbed bottles to do with it?

[Mamyalynne]

Push is also bottled in reverse - Spanis(h sup)porters

[Captain2]

Bottles = drinks = SUP then lobbed (yurned over)

[Captain2]

Much better explanation from mamya!

[Mamyalynne]

I'm not at all sure, is a bit convoluted.

[writesbad]

porters are bottles, so lobbed = delete porters

[Captain2]

Sorry writesbad, I'm being thick - you've lost me :-)

[writesbad]

Hi, Capt
I just think that the parsing is supporters with without bottles, ie porters, with sup reversed and the h

As Mamya says, it's a bit convoluted! :-)

[Captain2]

Thanks - lie down time I think.

[CrikeyMoses]

How does anyone get bottles to mean sup?
It's a strange one but I think Mamya's right with the contained reversal explanation. 'Dutch' and 'English' are there as examples of other words that would work instead of Spanish; could have been Welsh, Danish etc as well/instead.