Five, say, say five a day ideally? (3)
I believe the answer is:
veg
'five a day ideally?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'five say' is the wordplay.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'say' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'v'+'eg'='VEG'
'say' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for veg that I've seen before include "Potatoes and cabbages etc" , "Food plants" , ""Meat and two __ "" , "Eg, sprouts, parsnips" , "Slob?" .)