Philosophy failing to sum up Henry VIII latterly? (8)
I believe the answer is:
thinking
'philosophy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'failing to sum up henry viii latterly?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'henry' could be 'king' (Henry VIII etc) and 'king' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'thin' 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 thinking that I've seen before include "rationale" , "consideration" , "Take" , "Pondering" , "Thought" .)