Jumbo 1228

[stevenj]

Hello. it's me reporting for my weekly tutorial.
There's one that I know the answer but can't work out all the reasoning; "Plot on field inside abandoned after cutting part from tree". The answer is "maple leaf" (I think) but, apart from it being a part from a tree. I don't get it.
The other one is "What includes sanctimonious touch?" I can't think of any answer other than "epitaph" but, apart from the "pi" bit, again i don't get it. I'd be grateful for help.
btw, some of you may remember that a word I didn't get last week was "Mimsy". I'd never heard of it. So i asked half a dozen school mates who i happened to see during the week and NOT ONE had heard of it. I also asked three of SWMBO's friends who came here to see her and only one knew the word and she was a bit vague about what it meant..
steven

[Oldred]

map + le [lea]f(t)

[Jackdaw33]

Eh(what) pi tap

[scorpiojo]

Map (plot) lea (field) + lef(t) (abandoned)

[Oldred]

pi + tap inside eh

[Neveracrossword]

Sanctimonious... Pi = sanctimonious, Tap = touch and Eh = what (what?pardon? eh?).. E pi tap h.

[Jackdaw33]

Actually I can't see the definition in the second one.

[stevenj]

Thank you all of you. Any thoughts on "mimsy"?

[Mamyalynne]

mimsy
ˈmɪmzi/
adjective
rather feeble and prim or affected.


Hence - Prudish.

[Neveracrossword]

Jackdaw, I don't know the technical name, but I think the whole clue for Epitaph is also the definition - an epitaph usually does include a sanctimonious touch.

[stevenj]

Thanks Mamyalynne. I had looked it up in my dictionary a it gave the sort of definitition you provide. But I wondered if ANYBODY actually uses the word.
steven

[Jackdaw33]

Mimsy was a nonsense word invented by Lewis Carroll for his poem 'The Jabberwocky' and originally had no meaning.

[Mamyalynne]

Peter Pedant on here does sometimes.


Epitaph is an '& lit' clue.

[Jackdaw33]

http://www.jabberwocky.com/carroll/jabber/jabberwocky.html

[Mamyalynne]

C19: a blend of miserable and flimsy, coined by Lewis Carroll

[Lie-in King]

Hi Steven did you want a definition for it? For others, last week's 15a was -

Prudish damage to comment, deleting articles (5)

Mimsy (prudish) - 'maim say' (delete articles; a's)

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mimsy

Re 'Epitaph' - the clue is an "&lit" ("and literally so"), where the clue as a whole functions as the definition - an epitaph might include a touch of sanctimony.

Hope you & yours are keeping well, Steven?

[stevenj]

Now THAT is interesting. Thank you.
I think the Archers verdict must be in so I had better rejoin SWMBO. She had better have been acquitted or I might feel the wrath of the Just!
steven

[Lie-in King]

Oops, bit late - that'll teach me to concentrate on one thing at a time :-)

[stevenj]

You people are amazing and so kind to me. The Archer's verdict is fine so SWMBO is happy. I wonder what they'll talk about in Ambridge now.
Yes I am fine Lie-in King, thank you. I am even up to date with the stuff I needed to do before term. Probably first time ever...
steven