Islands where male meets females at matches (8)
I believe the answer is:
hebrides
'islands' is the definition.
(Scottish islands)
'male meets females at matches' is the wordplay.
'male meets females' becomes 'he' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'matches' becomes 'brides' (bride is a kind of match).
'he'+'brides'='HEBRIDES'
'where' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hebrides that I've seen before include "Isles?" , "Muck out here" , "Shipping Forecast area" , "His breed comes from west of Scotland" , "Debris he found in islands off NW Scotland" .)