Puzzle Description:

Angry a non-electric vehicle is in island (10 letters) -- See comment #1

#1: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Apr 15, 2018

The description is a clue to *the location of* the subject using cryptic crossword clue rules.

Every cryptic clue is made up of two parts; a definition, and a literal description of the answer using wordplay. They can be in either order (though not intertwined) and there is no separation between them.

Here is a page describing some of the techniques:
http://gamesmagazine-online.com/cryptic-crosswords/
or an easier-to-read PDF:
http://gamesmagazine-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CrypticsGuide.pdf

The picture itself is:
xx--Robert takes back snake from tree (6)--xx this is misspelled.

Here's a corrected clue:
Oddly, boa--not boar--by tree (6)

A baobab tree in Madagascar?

I think Madagascar too

Madagascar, definitely.

Yep! Mad, a gas car

Obvious, in retrospect. :)

Bob, backwards boa, baobob, a tree.

Yes, this is a baobob tree in Madagascar. Which I have just realized I misspelled. Oops. It should be "baobab".

For those learning cryptic clues, here's the breakdown:

The puzzle clue (which is still correct) is a "charade" clue:
Angry (Mad), a (a), non-electric vehicle (gas car)
[is in]
island (definition)

The *misspelled* picture clue is a "container" clue (with a reversal):
Robert (Bob), [takes] back snake (boa => aob)
[from]
tree (definition) (But misspelled as baobob)

The corrected picture clue is a "hidden answer" clue:
[Oddly] BoA nOt BoAr By (take the odd letters)
tree (definition)

Here's the actual tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_grandidieri#/media/File:Adansonia_grandidieri04.jpg

Nice one - although I did think it was a syringe most of the way through. Love the cryptic clues.

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