Hibernian second team showing guts, finding area for crossing? (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
irish sea
'crossing?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'hibernian second team showing guts finding area' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hibernian' could be 'irish' (I've seen this before) and 'irish' is present in the answer.
'second' could be 's' (common abbreviation) and 's' is located in the answer.
'area' could be 'a' (maths abbreviation) and 'a' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for irish sea that I've seen before include "Large quantity of water" , "Man's situation" , "Water to west of Britain" , "It lies between England and us" , "Man's found here" .)