Spectator 2643

[teacher1]

Was this easy today?  I managed to complete it in less than an hour ...... a record for me ! :o)

[hypotheses]

Same here. Clever theme though. Enjoyed it. 

[JJ109]

Yes agreed, very easy. 

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, the easiest for a long time. I wondered - later - if there were ambiguities in the three and four letter words. I think I could do a bit of swappping...

 

Matakari, you'll enjoy this one!

[Tilly2]

Last clued one to do here.

11ac Singer mirroring resounding soccer win. ?I?N??

Linnet?

[JJ109]

Yes = ten nil reversed

[Tilly2]

Thank you, JJ.

 

[Tilly2]

Well. I've done it but my chain of words doesn't really make sense.

Can I just check that 20ac is strine or string

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly2, I don't think it can be String as that wouldn't work for the seven-letter word...

[Tilly2]

You are right NAC. I just thought I'd gone horribly wrong somewhere.

So...strine?

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Tilly2.  I had Strine - and it meant my seven- and eight-letter words worked ok.

[Tilly2]

NAC, do your unclueds make a sensible, nine word sentence? 

[Tilly2]

...when written in order from 3 to 11?

[teacher1]

They do NOT make a nine word sentence.

[Neveracrossword]

Tilly2, no, no sentence - but I wasn't expecting one!

[Tilly2]

That's ok then. 🙃

It would have been extremely clever to have constructed a sentence in that way.