Above isle, spots shooting star? (8)
I believe the answer is:
marksman
'shooting star?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'above isle spots' is the wordplay.
'above' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'isle' becomes 'man' (the Isle of Man is an example).
'spots' becomes 'marks' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'man' after 'marks' is 'MARKSMAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for marksman that I've seen before include "Mam ranks as a crack shot with a rifle" , "Examiner" , "Sniper" , "One who can shoot accurately" , "Expert shooter" .)