Sailor on island shortly having to take the plane? (7)
I believe the answer is:
skyjack
'to take the plane?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'sailor on island shortly' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'jack' (jack can informally mean a sailor).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'island shortly' becomes 'sky' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'jack' put after 'sky' is 'SKYJACK'.
'having' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skyjack that I've seen before include "Pirate above" , "take flight?" , "Seize" , "Divert a plane using force" .)