Forward a letter to the Fair Maid's place (5)
I believe the answer is:
perth
'the fair maid's place' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'forward a letter' is the wordplay.
'forward' becomes 'pert' (both can mean cheeky or disrespectful).
'a letter' becomes 'h' ().
'pert'+'h'='PERTH'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for perth that I've seen before include "Capital of Western Australia" , "Australian state capital" , "Western Australia's capital" , "Scottish/Australian city" , "Town at the head of the Tay estuary" .)