He has friends between Holyhead and Southend (6)
I believe the answer is:
'he' is the definition.
'holyhead and southend' is the wordplay.
'holyhead' becomes 'h' (head letter of 'holy').
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'southend' becomes 'amish' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'h'+'amish'='HAMISH'
'has friends between' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hamish that I've seen is " Scottish boy's name".)
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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