Distribute island sauce oddly (5)

I believe the answer is:

issue

'distribute' is the definition.
(issuing is a kind of distributing)

'island sauce oddly' is the wordplay.
'island' becomes 'is'.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The alternate letters of 'sauce' are 'sue'.
'is'+'sue'='ISSUE'

(Other definitions for issue that I've seen before include "one's children?" , "Result, outcome; topic" , "Publish; children" , "Produce" , "Emerge" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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