Find animal occupying alcove regularly (6)
I believe the answer is:
locate
'find' is the definition.
(locating is a kind of finding)
'animal occupying alcove regularly' is the wordplay.
'animal' becomes 'cat' (I've seen this in other clues).
'occupying' is an insertion indicator.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternate letters of 'alcove' are 'loe'.
'cat' put into 'loe' is 'LOCATE'.
(Other definitions for locate that I've seen before include "Put in place" , "Track down" , "Find - position" , "Find by searching" , "Place, situate" .)