Pale & extremely soft perhaps? (6)
I believe the answer is:
pastel
'pale extremely soft perhaps?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'pale extremely soft perhaps?' is the wordplay.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the extremes of the word are used).
'perhaps?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'perhaps' mean this).
'soft' with its middle removed is 'st'.
'pale'+'st'='palest'
'palest' is an anagram of 'PASTEL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pastel that I've seen before include "Crayon used in art" , "Delicate shade; crayon" , "Artist's crayon" , "Pale or light colors" , "Chalk-like crayon" .)