Spectator # 2496

[Matakari]

Going to put this one to rest now! I’ve got the theme
all sorted out, quite interesting! Just three clues left,
one of which is a confirmation. Thanks again for seeing
me through!

Confirmation for this one:
36(A) Bird out of place above (4) : O?ER ( OVER ) ?

33(A) Lake surrounding singular wood (5) : B?AS?

1(D) Very large horse nibbled plant (5) : Y?H?C

( Originally I got OSHAC which looked perfect, but then a theme letter cancelled that out, except we are looking at an archaic word?)

[Paigntonian]

(pl)over

[Patsy33]

Plover, pl, from place

[Paigntonian]

balsa?

[Neveracrossword]

33 Balsa, wood, Bala,lake, with Singular, inside.

[Neveracrossword]

Oshac works, you perhaps have the theme word wrong.
'Seeing you through' is ... nicely euphemistic!

[Mamyalynne]

Oshac looks perfect.

[Matakari]

Thanks, Paigntonian, Patsy33 and NACW! I went astray with one of the thematics which I rectified and it's all done now! Have a safe and peaceful weekend!

[Neveracrossword]

Glad you got it sorted, Matakari. Maybe next week we'll all be superfluous!