Minor once recalled breaking into a let, ripping tiling? (12)
I believe the answer is:
tessellation
'minor once recalled breaking into a let ripping tiling?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'minor once recalled breaking into a let ripping tiling?' is the wordplay.
'minor' becomes 'less' (I've seen this before).
'once recalled' says the letters should be written backwards.
'breaking into' is an insertion indicator.
'ripping' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tiling?' becomes 'ation' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'less' in reverse letter order is 'ssel'.
'let' is an anagram of 'tel'.
'ssel' going into 'tel' is 'tessell'.
'tessell'+'ation'='TESSELLATION'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tessellation that I've seen before include "fit" , "Decoration with mosaics" .)