Islanders caught by embargo America maintains (6)
I believe the answer is:
cubans
'islanders' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'caught by embargo america maintains' is the wordplay.
'caught by' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.**).
'embargo' becomes 'ban' (I've seen this before).
'america' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for the United States).
'maintains' indicates putting letters inside.
'ban' inserted within 'us' is 'ubans'.
'c'+'ubans'='CUBANS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cubans that I've seen before include "islanders" , "They live on the largest island in the West Indies" , "They're native to Havana, say" , "Nationality of citizens of Havana" , "Citizens of Castro's country" .)