Shed on island given to family for Jack Straw? (9)
I believe the answer is:
spillikin
'jack straw?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'shed on island given to family' is the wordplay.
'shed' becomes 'spill' (I've seen this before).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'island' becomes 'i'.
'given to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'spill'+'i'+'kin'='SPILLIKIN'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for spillikin that I've seen is " Jackstraw".)