There’s little room on an island for him (5)
I believe the answer is:
denis
'there's little room on an island for him' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'island for him' is the wordplay.
'island' becomes 'is'.
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'him' becomes 'den' (**).
'is' after 'den' is 'DENIS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for denis that I've seen before include "St -, first Paris bishop" , "- Healey, former Chancellor of the Exchequer" , "Patron saint of France" .)