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Sicilian perhaps admitting to defamation (8)

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islander

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'sicilian' is the definition.
(Sicily is an island)

'admitting to defamation' is the wordplay.
'admitting' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to defamation' becomes 'slander' (slander is a kind of defamation).
'i'+'slander'='ISLANDER'

'perhaps' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for islander that I've seen before include "one from Jersey, perhaps" , "Inhabitant of Man, for example" , "Lesbian for one" , "Samoan, maybe" , "Maybe Corfiot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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