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Notnil, the 'Parisian that' gives you letters 3,4 and 5 of your entry, contained inside a word meaning 'corrupts'. The last three words are the definition, confirmed in Chamebrs.

Jack is a slang word for nothing. The grid gave us two nothings = jacks.
(Def is in Chambers.)

Thanks for that, Nelson. I assumed that on Saturday, but never got round to checking it!

Thanks, Malone, I had inadvertently looked up the wrong word (adding a superfluous te at the end) and was struggling to see a salad leaf driving across the lawn!

Hi malone.

Don't know about you, but I'm very wary of paying mch attention to puzzle titles in the early stages. Sometimes they only makes sense after everything's solved. (Like this one I think.) Or, much worse, lead one up the garden path in pursuit of wild geese.