Good place to leave a boat in Alaska? (9)
I believe the answer is:
anchorage
'in alaska?' is the definition.
('Anchorage' is part of 'alaska')
'good place to leave a boat' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is present in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
'boat' could be 'e' and 'e' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anchorage that I've seen before include "Place where ships may stay safely - in city in Alaska?" , "Alaska's most populous city" , "Roads" , "recluse's cell?" , "road" .)