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English in lodging house unravelled a clue in Scottish island (9)

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I believe the answer is:

benbecula

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'scottish island' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'english in lodging house unravelled a clue' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'lodging house' becomes 'bnb' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'unravelled' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'clue'='aclue'
'aclue' is an anagram of 'ecula'.
'bnb'+'ecula'='bnbecula'
'e' placed inside 'bnbecula' is 'BENBECULA'.

'in' is the link.

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(Another definition for benbecula that I've seen is " inch".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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