Worker bashed Ellis in Caribbean archipelago? (8)
I believe the answer is:
antilles
'caribbean archipelago?' is the definition.
'antilles' can be an answer for 'archipelago?' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'caribbean' bit.
'worker bashed ellis in' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'bashed' is an anagram indicator.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'ellis' anagrammed gives 'illes'.
'ant' going into 'illes' is 'ANTILLES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for antilles that I've seen before include "archipelago" , "Organism's complete genetic material" , "West Indian island group" , "Caribbean islands" .)