Mistrustful soldier gets green light to capture island (8)
I believe the answer is:
paranoid
'mistrustful' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'soldier gets green light to capture island' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'soldier' could be 'para' (paratrooper) and 'para' is found within the answer.
'island' could be 'i' (geographical abbreviation) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'light' could be 'nod' (I have seen 'Green light' mean 'nod' so perhaps 'light' could also mean 'nod') and 'nod' is found within 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 paranoid that I've seen before include "Suffering from delusions of persecution" , "mental disorder" , "Irrationally obsessed by fear etc" , "Paid Nora to have delusions?" , "Afflicted with delusions of persecution" .)