Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 27,767 Saturday April 4Th 2015

[kapple999]

23A : Half score before point is added in game (6) : I have ?E?N?S so it looks likely to be TENNIS, but I can't fathom out why?

[Lie-in King]

Yes, 'Tennis' - 'ten' (half score; twenty) + 'n(orth)' (point) + 'is'

[Mamyalynne]

Half a score(20)is TEN - Point (North) N + IS

[kapple999]

Thank you lie-in King - I didn't get the 'ten' being half 'score' - lummox. Many thanks again.

[mallyh]

half a score (20) is ten is (E)= EAST POINT

[FrogNog]

20 is a score so half of that is ten, following by N (compas point) and is

[Stitchmate]

A score is twenty so half a score is ten, point is N + is = tennis