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Scrubbing a section of Farmfoods, say, or Iceland? (4)

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isle

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'farmfoods say or iceland?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'scrubbing a section' is the wordplay.
'scrubbing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'section' becomes 'aisle' (I have seen 'section of supermarket' mean 'aisle' so perhaps 'section' could also mean 'aisle').
'aisle' with 'a' taken out is 'ISLE'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "Small region of land" , "Anglesey, say" , "Eg, Sheppey" , "Small area of ground" , "---- of Dogs, Thames peninsula" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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