Lay in awfully risqué ladieswear on vacation (8)
I believe the answer is:
squirrel
'lay in' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both substances as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'awfully risque ladieswear on vacation' is the wordplay.
'awfully' indicates an anagram.
'on vacation' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (after the inside letters have vacated the word).
'ladieswear' with its middle taken out is 'lr'.
'risque'+'lr'='risquelr'
'risquelr' anagrammed gives 'SQUIRREL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for squirrel that I've seen before include "Brown or red rodent" , "Tree-climbing rodent which hoards nuts" , "Grey or (rarely) red woodland creature" , "Arboreal creature" , "Bushy-tailed rodent" .)