Noise, We Hear, On Court

[stuart_mb]

Express Alphapuzzle today.
Noise, we hear, on court

[MargoTester]

Racket

[stuart_mb]

Margo Tester
It is actually spelt Racquet

[bhg481]

I complained about the spelling of raquet several months ago and was informed that "racket" is now accepted for tennis equipment. Google it!

[MargoTester]

https://grammarist.com/spelling/racket-racquet/
Look at the 2nd paragraph - racket is the correct spelling for noise

[bhg481]

I don't think we're quibbling about the fact that a "Racket" is a noise, just the way to spell the word for a piece of tennis equipment. I think this clue is looking for the name of something found on a tennis court which sounds like a noise; unfortunately both "Racket" and "Racquet" fit the bill.

[MargoTester]

Agreed it could be either but I took the defining word to be 'noise' and the normal crossword answer for that is racket. So I guess it depends on whether it's a 6 or 7 letter answer

[THECORBYLOON]

The International Tennis Federation uses "racket" in its rules of tennis but I would use the "racquet" spelling.

Regarding the clue, as "we hear" is included, does that not suggest an answer that sounds like a word meaning a noise, rather than that word?

[mouseymick]

Racquet .. 22,25,12,21,7,6,1 .. Z is 2 and V is 11. As the letter ‘A’ is usually common this helps set ‘25’ and usually only 1 ‘Q’ .. and there is only one ‘21’. Enjoy your day ..

[feef]

Come back Satprof - all is forgiven!!!!!

[jno]

if it was going to be "racket" you wouldn't need the "we hear", as they're the same word whether we hear them or see them. So racquet.

[johnny.5]

grunt :~)