Craft group regularly full on up to start of autumn (8)
I believe the answer is:
flotilla
'craft group' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'regularly full on up to start of autumn' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'up to' becomes 'till' (up to or till a certain time).
'start of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'autumn' is 'a'.
'full'+'on'='fullon'
The alternating letters of 'fullon' are 'flo'.
'flo'+'till'+'a'='FLOTILLA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flotilla that I've seen before include "collection of vessels" , "Fleet of small craft" , "set of vessels" , "Fleet of small vessels" , "number of small ships" .)