Weapons fail to hit Martinique and Guadeloupe? (8)
I believe the answer is:
missiles
'weapons' is the definition.
(missile is a kind of weapon)
'fail to hit martinique and guadeloupe?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'fail' could be 'miss' (missing is a kind of failing) and 'miss' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'iles' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for missiles that I've seen before include "Projectiles" , "Projected weapons" , "Things thrown or shells fired" .)