Cryptic Jumbo 1408

[stevenj]

hello
Sorry I have been missing for a few weeks (though, no doubt, some may have been relieved!)
Partly snatching time with His Nibs. Nuff said for the moment have a few where I have the answer and can't quite work out the reasoning Help gratefully received
11d River vessel one to south of the Italian bell tower. the answer is campinili and I see the "il" and I at the end but what is camp to do with it?
31 ac Contractor initially put down additional pipe
The answer seems to be "claymore" . it's just the pipe part I don't get. I thought a claymore was a sword.
43 ac caring mostly for leading lady entering part of theatre
The answer may be fosterage And I se "Stage " there But "leading lady" and is there a word fosterage?
steven

[Mamyalynne]

43 Fo(r) St ER age

[Captain2]

River = CAM
Vessel = PAN
The italian = IL
One = I

[Captain2]

... and should 11d say 'towerS' at the end

[Mamyalynne]

'Claymore' is a problem, I was sure it must be a type of pipe but - Sword and Mine are the best I can find.

[Mamyalynne]

Cap'n, yes - towers

[scorpiojo]

The M18A1 Claymore is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces. Its inventor, Norman MacLeod, named the mine after a large medieval Scottish sword. Wikipedia

[scorpiojo]

^ Ignore, sorry

[stevenj]

Thank you both. Feel a bit thick now you've explained! So what's new?
And yes, Captain2 , there should have been an s at the end. sorry
what about "claymore" please. Is it right? why a pipe?

[Captain2]

Nearest I can get to is that a claymore (sword) is worn on a bagpiper's back as part of their uniform - but that is more than somewhat tenuous!

[stevenj]

And apologies for the shocking punctuation in my original question
s

[Captain2]

.. as listed here

https://bagpipejourney.com/articles/dictionary.shtml

[Davemano]

31 C initial of Contractor, Lay - put down, More - additional.

[Captain2]

Just struggling for the definition though Dave.

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, Davemano - but it's the Claymore/pipe bit that had Steven puzzled. Scorpiojo has come up with a Claymore mine, named after the sword - but I'm still not seeing pipe - mine, Claymore!

[stevenj]

thank you davemano. I got all that. it was the meaning I was (and am) struggling with.
steven

[Captain2]

Anybody got a Chambers or Bradfords? May be an obtuse definition in those?

[scorpiojo]

I've looked in Chambers, Captain :-(

[stevenj]

I haven't got a Chambers and Ns Bradford has "clay" but not claymore

[stevenj]

That's "Ms" not Ns
sorry. Clumsy fingers tonight

[Neveracrossword]

The Oxford Dictionary of English and Collins both have 'claymore - an anti-personnel mine', but I can't find a definition where we could 100% have 'pipe = mine'.