One less spoilt in the Hebrides, say (5)
I believe the answer is:
isles
'one less spoilt in the hebrides say' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'one less spoilt in' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'spoilt' is an anagram indicator.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'less' with letters rearranged gives 'sles'.
'i' going into 'sles' is 'ISLES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for isles that I've seen before include "The Hebrides for instance" , "eg Fiji and Tonga" , "British locations, say?" , "eg The Hebrides" , "The road to these is a wellknown Scottish song" .)