Here is a clue from an easy cryptic crossword:
Land in water (4).
When you read "Land in water", you may think "that's what a seaplane does". If you think that, you've been misled. Here, "land" is not a verb, it's a noun. Such misdirection is common in cryptic crossword clues.
The solution is "isle".
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