Chart time off touring Italy - an activity for summer? (10)
I believe the answer is:
arithmetic
'an activity for summer?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'chart time off touring italy' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'touring' indicates putting letters inside (tour can mean to go around).
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'chart'+'time'='charttime'
'charttime' with letters rearranged gives 'arithmetc'.
'arithmetc' going around 'i' is 'ARITHMETIC'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arithmetic that I've seen before include "Branch of maths" , "manipulation of figures" , "Calculation" , "School subject" , "One of the three R's" .)