Possible Clues:

• I left fancy mince-pies, remarkable type
• Small enclosure in which to raise vermin, for example
• Something serving as an example
• Example for the collector or scientist
• Part taken as example of whole
• One of the sample pieces of M and N
• Sample mince pies cooked without one
• Shortfall in cash given to employees, for example
• Taste of mince pies I left cooking
• Studied sample