Flammable substance that’s existed around New Zealand, close to wildlife (7)
I believe the answer is:
benzene
'flammable substance' is the definition.
'benzene' can be an answer for 'substance' (benzene is a kind of substance). I am not sure about the 'flammable' bit.
'existed around new zealand close to wildlife' is the wordplay.
'existed' becomes 'been' (I've seen this in another clue).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'new zealand' becomes 'nz' (abbreviation).
'close to' suggests the final letters (the close of something is the end).
The last letter of 'wildlife' is 'e'.
'been' enclosing 'nz' is 'benzen'.
'benzen'+'e'='BENZENE'
'that's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for benzene that I've seen before include "Solvent" , "Hydrocarbon with ring-shaped molecule" , "Hydrocarbon present in petroleum" , "Chemical" , "Liquid hydrocarbon" .)