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Guided round island, certainly having much free time (8)

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I believe the answer is:

leisured

'having much free time' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'guided round island certainly' is the wordplay.
'guided' becomes 'led' ('lead' can be a synonym of 'guide').
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'island' becomes 'i'.
'certainly' becomes 'sure' ('sure' can be a synonym of 'certainly'**).
'i'+'sure'='isure'
'led' enclosing 'isure' is 'LEISURED'.

(Other definitions for leisured that I've seen before include "Having much free time" , "Having plenty of free time" , "Not needing to work" , "unhurried" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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