The Spectator # 2460

[Matakari]

Thanks for answers to the following, please!
ACROSS: ( 17 ) Very laid back mature Amerind (5): ??A??
(21) Let outside, Paul (not inside) limped (7): H??T?E?
(27) Woman pinches my underwear to get gorgeous for poet ( 7 ):
E??????
( 38 ) Water aged fruit tree (6 ): A?GEA?
(41) Excoriated poet’s language ( 4 ): ???E

DOWN: (6) African beverage Scotsman had first (7): ?O?D???
( 34) Lass from Bordeaux slimmed ( 5 ): ?LA??

[roslyn251254]

Rather than just giving answers matakari i'll give hints ...
17a very = so ...reverse it and add 3 letter word for mature ...defn is Amerind
21a your T is wrong
27 bra is the underwear you need
38 your letters are correct ..it'a a sea
41 poet could be VERSER....

6d Your O is wrong .... beverage is the usual 3 letter synonym for tea...
34 bordeaux refers to the wine ...lose its last letter

[Matakari]

Thanks Roslyn for the help! Still a bit puzzled by 21 and 27...any further hints?

[Toorak]

21 a word for let around Paul minus middle letters

[elliemay1]

'let' meaning 'to rent out'

[Matakari]

Thanks All! Still struggling with this tricky puzzle with such strange words! Having trouble with 21(A) and 27(A), not sure how to incorporate "bra" in 27 and synonym for "let" in 21.
Some more hints for the following, please:
ACROSS: ( 36 ) Horsefeathers on chestnut bird ( 5 ):
R??C?
DOWN: ( 6 ) African beverage Scotsman had first (7):?O?D???
( 8 ) See eighth of gambles end in abject poverty (9 )
?T???????
( 19 ) Struggle of sapper with fish (8 ): ??RA?G?E
( 22) City do, right in Berlin ( 7 ): ?T????T
A verification:
( 11 ) Fit PM adopts latin not a little (10)= ana of latin not a+t?

[elliemay1]

27 If you were on holiday you might e.g do this with a bicycle, you wouldn't want to keep it, you would just ???? it out

[Missel]

Hi Matakari, I am not sure your further queries will necessarily have been seen. You may want to ask them as a new question.

6D I think your O is wrong; first three letters are a synonym for 'tea', your D is correct (and I think parses as " 'd " i.e. a shortened 'had'), and the last three letters are a common Scottish christian name, with the whole being a citizen of an African country
22D last five letters are German for 'right' - this should get you there

[Missel]

11A looks like it should be anagram but it's not. Think of the surname of conservative PM who liked to sail, insert 'l' (for 'latin') within this, then add a synonym for 'not a little' to give a whole word meaning 'fit'.

[Matakari]

Thanks for the very insightful hints, Missel!

[ProfessorMaisie]

'horsefeathers' means 'rubbish', Matakari + CH(estnut)
your 'o' is wrong - the 'beverage' is slang for 'tea' + IAN = 'Scotsman'.
19d SPR = (abbrev) 'sapper' + word meaning '(to) fish'.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...sorry Missel - I now see you've already given the wordplay for 6d.

[ProfessorMaisie]

for 21 it's P[au]L inside 'let' = H... (answer's another odd Scottish word!).

[ProfessorMaisie]

The woman on the outside is EVE (and M = 'my') it's another obscure word you've probably not come across before - one of Spenser's, I think.