Rook on wet earth trapped by head islander (8)
I believe the answer is:
bermudan
'islander' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'rook on wet earth trapped by head' is the wordplay.
'rook' becomes 'R' (chess abbreviation).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wet earth' becomes 'mud' (I've seen this before).
'trapped by' indicates putting letters inside.
'head' becomes 'bean' (bean is a kind of head).
'r'+'mud'='rmud'
'rmud' put into 'bean' is 'BERMUDAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bermudan that I've seen before include "Pour out copiously" , "Coming from an island" .)