Explosive women at matches in the isles (8)
I believe the answer is:
hebrides
'the isles' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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?" .)