Daily Mail 6/2/07

[normancowan]

24 across and 25 down: Any sop, score played with it in symphony orchestra - R---H- Rhythm fits but why? Is 25 down YEAR? Clue is Long/Short period - once again Why?

[kettledrum]

long = year(n)

[ulysses100]

What letters do you have ?

25 dn could be term : long and short term

[normancowan]

To 25 down all I have is --A- First letter depends on answer to 24 across

[kettledrum]

if you take 'any sop score' out of symphony orchestra you are left with the letters of rhythm

[normancowan]

Thanks kettledrum - that makes 25 down y-a- which must be YEAR but the clue isn't too good is it?

[ulysses100]

As kettledrum first suggested ;
to long is to yearn ; shorten it to year to get period.