Southern headland attack -- one's sure to get blamed (9)
I believe the answer is:
scapegoat
'one's sure to get blamed' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'southern headland attack' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'headland' becomes 'cape' (I've seen this before).
'attack' becomes 'goat' (go at).
's'+'cape'+'goat'='SCAPEGOAT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scapegoat that I've seen before include "Fall guy" , "one carrying the can" , "One blamed for another's mistakes" , "One who takes the blame for others" , "One given the blame" .)