Cryptic Jumbo

[stevenj]

Well, to say the least, this wasn’t the nightmare of last week and I have answers to all clues but a few I’d like explanations please.

26 ac end disagreement? This may have a bearing on title.
With the letters I have the answer seems to be ‘ goal difference’ and I am confident that is the right answer. But why end disagreement?


5 d circle in compound on island circle initially difficult to understand. Again I’m sure of the answer : esoteric , and I see most of the crosswords it’s but I don’t get the compound bit

There’s a couple more but I’ll stop there

steven

[Toorak]

5 Ester (compound) round o (circle) i(sland) c(ircle)

[Jackdaw33]

End = goal
Disagreement = difference.

[Toorak]

A difference is a disagreement

[stevenj]

I tried to send you all a thank you but it’s somewhere in the ether. So again, thank you from an embarrassed
steven
.

[Toorak]

No need to be embarrassed (or apologetic) :-)