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Explosive women at matches in the isles (8)

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I believe the answer is:

hebrides

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'the isles' is the definition.
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'explosive women at matches' is the wordplay.
'explosive women at' becomes 'he' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'matches' becomes 'brides' (bride is a kind of match).
'he'+'brides'='HEBRIDES'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hebrides that I've seen before include "Does his breed come from west of Scotland?" , "Scottish islands" , "Muck out here" , "overture" , "Isles?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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