Briefly take old vessel back round a volcanic island (8)
I believe the answer is:
krakatoa
'volcanic island' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'briefly take old vessel back round a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'briefly' could be 'k' and 'k' is found within the answer.
'take' could be 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take') and 'r' is present in the answer.
'old' could be 'o' (abbreviation) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'kata' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for krakatoa that I've seen before include "Site of 1883 volcanic explosion" , "Volcano that famously exploded in 1883" , "Volcanic Indonesian island that erupted violently in 1883" , "Indonesian volcanic island with a massive eruption in 1883" , "Indonesian island, 1883 site of a huge volcanic eruption" .)