I need better brains. One real question, two "yes but errrr... why" for some charitable souls.
1/Naturally male comes in for new tie (5) got: M _T _ H
Possibly match, but call me stupid, can't se why.
2/ Regularly i post harsh letters from Greece (5). Got IOTAS, which works but cannot understand the secondary clue. Duh.
3/ Caught some adult on North Island somersaulting (2-1-4). Thinking of IN A TRAP, which works for "caught". "North Island" would give me the letters N and I. Is it the case that "adult" gives the letter A and "some" gives PART" and the lot gets anagramed?
Your expertise would be very appreciated - i am a rookie French solver and still a looooong way from getting all the subtleties of cryptics. Big thx everyone
Oldred and Hammersgirl, thanks so much for taking the time to answer. The "regularly" bit comes often in clues and i never figured it out, so that's great help. Have a great WE. Supercuré