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Sounds like setter will be located offshore (4)

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I believe the answer is:

isle

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'be located offshore' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'sounds like setter will' is the wordplay.
'sounds like' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'setter will' becomes 'ill' (I'll, i.e. 'the person writing the crossword will').
'ill' sounds like 'ISLE'.

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(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "''There is an ..., a bonny ...'' (anthem of Shannon RFC)" , "being impossible without water" , "Geographic location" , "you can't walk away from" , "eg Thanet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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