Kill A Headless Island

[satprof]

Today's Alphapuzzle cryptic clue.

[emmie]

slay

[emmie]

islay island

[Dummyfluter]

Confirm SLAY
Scottish island - (I) slay
Well done Emmie

[emmie]

thanks DF

[satprof]

Well done, emmie, and superfast as well.

To locate 'slay' in the grid, there are six possible locations. One of these ends in a 6, which only appears 3 times, twice as the last letter of a word and once as the second letter. This is typical of a Y, which is what it proves to be. The rest is plain sailing.

[emmie]

thank you

[mouseymick]

Slay .. 17,2,3,6 and Q is 9. Enjoy the rain :(

[emmie]

rain is yuck...

[mouseymick]

Rain is good for your garden they say .. unless you have astroturf !

[emmie]

local pub has astroturf, heading there in a couple of hours, so we can sit under one of the pods to stop from getting wet.