Hazel's case epitomised? (2,1,8)
I believe the answer is:
in a nutshell
'hazel's case epitomised?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'hazel's case' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'case' could be 'nutshell' (nutshell is a kind of case) and 'nutshell' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ina' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for in a nutshell that I've seen before include "essentially" , "Something hard to crack here" , "Briefly, concisely" , "to be concise" , "where you'd find best part of Brazil" .)