### Clue: Note fruit that's right outside little Jack's place (2,1,6)
### Answer: IN A CORNER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: little Jack's place
  [IE(abbrev. for $$i$$d $$e$$st, Latin for that is,that's) + R(abbrev. for right)] **containing**(outside) [N(abbrev. for a note) + ACORN(fruit of the oak tree)].
Answer:  Reference to the nursery rhyme about little Jack Horner, who sat in a corner, eating…..  It has been interpreted as referring to acts of opportunism by various characters.