Toughie 1982

[lexia]

11 across: position that applies to across clue after 90-degree rotation? (8) ——-t-p? Thanks in advance

[dannyk13]

Backstop

[fiction-factory]

Hi- it's not easy to count dashes which are joined together.
I'm sure danny is right as always but I can't parse it

[nescio]

the 90 degree rotation from "across" suggests it ends in -up, rather than -stop

[dannyk13]

Backstop is correct'

[nescio]

OK, so why the 90 degree rotation?

[nescio]

Ah, I see it now.

[dannyk13]

Not sure, but submitted and accepted as correct.

[sedge47]

11a If you rotate an across answer 90 degrees anticlockwise the last bit of it is now at the top (Back's top).

[dannyk13]

Ta Sedge.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks Sedge. That must be it. I don't like the clue though