Cretan's height of impertinence, disregarding Athenian's introductions (3)
I believe the answer is:
ida
'cretan's height' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'impertinence disregarding athenian's introductions' is the wordplay.
'introductions' indicates taking the first letters (the letters which introduce the word).
The initial letters of 'impertinence disregarding athenians' is 'IDA'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ida that I've seen before include "Princess __ (G&S comic opera)" , "Girl's name; aid (anag.)" , "Trojan Mount; G&S Princess" , "lady" , "Classic mount" .)