Maybe the Faroes shrewd goalie managed to absorb pressure (11)
I believe the answer is:
archipelago
'maybe the faroes' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'shrewd goalie managed to absorb pressure' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'shrewd' could be 'arch' (I've seen this before) and 'arch' is located in the answer.
'pressure' could be 'p' (abbreviation) and 'p' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'goalie' is 'ielago' which is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for archipelago that I've seen before include "Cluster of islands" , "Philippines, say" , "Bahrain, for one" , "the Aegean, originally" , "Fiji, perhaps" .)