Land a blow during half time! (6)

I believe the answer is:

tahiti

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'land' is the definition.
(I know that Tahiti is a island)

'a blow during half time' is the wordplay.
'a blow' becomes 'ahit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'half' suggests halving the letters.
'time' with half the letters taken is 'ti'.
'ahit' going into 'ti' is 'TAHITI'.

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(Other definitions for tahiti that I've seen before include "Society member" , "Romantic Polynesian island, capital Papeete" , "Pacific island, the largest in French Polynesia" , "Windward island" , "Pacific island, Gauguin's home in the 1890s" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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