Possible Clues:

• Mishaps, chance events
• Mishaps
• Mishaps or chance events
• A double century is about to make a hole in these mishaps
• I'd make mistakes in manners of speech
• I'd be in sorts of speech by mistake
• A double century I makes a hole in, but they're not 27 across
• Papers, in a manner of speaking, for small crashes
• They don't happen 2 down
• It's not intentional that that's a double century I makes a hole in (9)