Oddly deep patches? (6)
I believe the answer is:
depths
'oddly deep patches?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'oddly deep patches?' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions).
'deep'+'patches'='deeppatches'
The alternate letters of 'deeppatches' are 'DEPTHS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for depths that I've seen before include "Deepest or most central parts" , "Distances from the top downwards" , "Deep water" , "Demoralisation" , "obscurities" .)