I'm sorry - I like to be exact on these things and I still haven't expressed it correctly. Third attempt! In the clue 2 refers to 2d where the answer is 'sugar" and 5 refers to the 5th letter of the alphabet = "E" Therefore Not = Un 2 = sugar = darling 5 = E Therefore But 5 for a = swap an "E for an "A" Therefore darling becomes "derling" un + derling = underling (minion)
We are all assuming that "underling" is correct, as a minion is an underling, but nobody, including me, can parse it. What letters do you have for underling? Could it possibly be something else?
appreciate that shoota but thought that JJ was suggesting e for the fourth letter in underling (a route I had already been down). Realise now suggestion is substitute for 'a'. Probably best solution but very obscure.
I'm sorry - I like to be exact on these things and I still haven't expressed it correctly. Third attempt!
In the clue 2 refers to 2d where the answer is 'sugar" and 5 refers to the 5th letter of the alphabet = "E"
Therefore
Not = Un
2 = sugar = darling
5 = E
Therefore
But 5 for a = swap an "E for an "A"
Therefore darling becomes "derling"
un + derling = underling (minion)