Daily Star Jumbo

[denbri]

can anyone help please? I have gone over and over this and cannot decide if the answer is correct or if I have gone wrong!

27d concisely
I get elliptically
thanks for any help

[Mamyalynne]

economically?

[fiction-factory]

Yours sounds wrong, I agree. What pattern do you have? Economically certainly fits the clue

[denbri]

the e comes from
26a above - I have over (e)
31a using few words - I have laconic (L)
35a wacky- giving eccentric ((I)
41a ended - terminated (t)
46a aural repetition - echo (c)
52a bomb or shell fragments - shrapnel (L)
58a is an actress Lucy ((L)
60a evenness - symmetry (Y)

I'm lost

[Mamyalynne]

The clue is right too?

Concisely (12)

[scorpiojo]

Could 31 be concise?

[Mamyalynne]

You're right, double checked

Concise = Elliptical

[fiction-factory]

Yes, I wondered if CONCISE could replace LACONIC
But that still leaves the T looking wrong- and for economically to work there can't be a gap between the I in eccentric and the C in echo

[denbri]

yes Mamyalynne clue is
Concisely (12)

no Scorpiojo 31a can't be concise - if elliptically is wrong and I moss off the first L I still have ?A?O?I?

[fiction-factory]

Okay thanks Mamyalynne. I've never heard that meaning of elliptically

[Mamyalynne]

Elliptical

adjective. relating to or having the shape of an ellipse. relating to or resulting from ellipsis. (of speech, literary style, etc) very condensed or concise, often so as to be obscure or ambiguous.

[Mamyalynne]

Should have checked earlier, sorry.

[denbri]

brilliant thank you so much Mamyalynne- I looked up the definition of it but didn't find the one you did.
thanks again

[Mamyalynne]

Good to know you were right and why - good luck.