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Thanks for 'reader' info - I'd misread my own writing in the Do.wn clue (my 'e' should have been 'a')

To be honest I had TEEMER as one who delivers or brings forth since 27 down OSTI is a native German whilst OSTIAN would be an Italian.

Sorry, I still prefer seemer/seamer - with the 's' from Ossi. Ossi was/is someone from East Germany. Ossia means 'alternatively ' in Italian (I think!) and the clue says 'or Italian' (so 'or' = 'alternatively'). 'One's forgotten' could mean you drop the 'a', leaving 'ossi'.

I'll go with SEEMER then, though I never submit these - just hope it impresses the people who see the paper in the recycling bin.