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I find three and a bit helpings of pi are just about right

I don't know, jono. Seems like circular reasoning to me.

malone mathpro jono

I like rather more pie than that, and I also liked your jokes.

malone

yes I thought about female pedants too, but I like the clue. The floor/flaw does not work for me either

I still don't get the wordplay.

Mathsprof...if it's the 'Amuse...' clue, I thought it was quite nifty. You take the first and last letters from a word meaning 'pedant', so he's come out of his shell.

mathprof, Malone, Jono
@2408-2411 pi

ST4963 6d

Inspection by nuns possibly finds guinea pig (4, 5)

TEST PILOT

I see 'pi' as pejorative. If I have understood the parsing correctly I think nuns could be somewhat offended.

Thanks, Paul... I've checked before - Pi doesn't have to be pejorative, seeing as Pious can just mean dutiful...professing to be religious - but I think most people (including me) regard it as meaning goody-goody, sanctimonious etc. I'd act all innocent if any nuns took offence if I used the word!

Malone Paul

I avoid words like pi and pejorative. I think nuns do too. I once worked in a school with a nun who was quite the opposite.

Thanks, malone. Nifty word play indeed. So much so that it went over my head.

Paul, not a fan of that clue for many reasons, not just the "pi."