Leader in Times left the I upset? Just a fraction (9)
I believe the answer is:
twentieth
'a fraction' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'leader in times left the i upset?' is the wordplay.
'leader in' suggests taking the first letters.
'left' becomes 'went' (left can mean went away).
'upset?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'upset' mean this).
The initial letter of 'times' is 't'.
'the'+'i'='thei'
'thei' with letters rearranged gives 'ieth'.
't'+'went'+'ieth'='TWENTIETH'
'just' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for twentieth that I've seen before include "Last century" , "Ordinal number for this century" , "at the end of a score" .)