Taking the sun in a Scottish island – perfect (8)
I believe the answer is:
absolute
'perfect' is the definition.
('absolute' can be a synonym of 'perfect')
'taking the sun in a scottish island' is the wordplay.
'taking the sun' becomes 'sol' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'scottish island' becomes 'bute' (I've seen this in other clues).
'a'+'bute'='abute'
'sol' inserted into 'abute' is 'ABSOLUTE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for absolute that I've seen before include "Total; unqualified" , "Total, utter" , "Despotic" , "Complete - unlimited" , "-273.15degC" .)