Smile having pinched a bit of salt, say? (5)
I believe the answer is:
grain
'bit of salt say?' is the definition.
'grain' can be an answer for 'bit' (I have seen 'bit of corn' mean 'grain' so perhaps 'bit' could also mean 'grain'). I am unsure of the 'of salt say?' bit.
'smile having pinched a' is the wordplay.
'smile' becomes 'grin' (grinning is a kind of smiling).
'having pinched' is an insertion indicator.
'grin' enclosing 'a' is 'GRAIN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for grain that I've seen before include "Cereal seed" , "Small piece of sand" , "Small hard particle, of rice perhaps" , "Single piece of sand etc" , "Eg, wheat" .)
