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Stuck on the penultimate clue.

To achieve success, back up students cricket side

P??? Off

Thanks

Pull Off

Up reversed + LL (students) - Off (off side in Cricket)

pull off

back up = pu + LL (students)

i didnt parse the last bit

Aha, never knew there was an offside in cricket. Then again, I don't know much about cricket.

I think so - like 'silly mid off' etc ?

Thanks for your help flew through the rest of the crossword but got stuck with that one

Off side
the half of the pitch in front of the batsman's body as he takes strike. For the right handed batsman this is the right half of the pitch, looking up the wicket towards the bowler, and the left half for the left handed batsman.

Thanks Mamya.

Google gave this.

The area to the left of a right-handed batsman (from the batsman's point of view – facing the bowler) is called the leg side or on side, while that to the right is the off side. If the batsman is left-handed, the leg and off sides are reversed and the fielding positions are a mirror image.

I should have refreshed : )

No matter, we got there.