Attends to registry to be sent to Louth, Derry and Cork but not Mayo (7)
I believe the answer is:
listens
'attends' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with perception as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'registry to be sent to louth derry and cork but not mayo' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'sent' is 'sten' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lis' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for listens that I've seen before include "Lends an ear" , "Follows advice" , "Heeds" , "Pays attention to sounds" , "Hears with intention" .)