Same-sex partners land in Scotland? (8)
I believe the answer is:
hebrides
'land in scotland?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'same-sex partners' is the wordplay.
'same-sex' becomes 'he' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'partners' becomes 'brides' (bride is a kind of partner).
'he'+'brides'='HEBRIDES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hebrides that I've seen before include "Island group (New, Inner and Outer)" , "Does his breed come from west of Scotland?" , "Island group off NW Scotland" , "Debris he found in islands off NW Scotland" , "Scottish islands" .)