Fuss woodman regularly raised (3)
I believe the answer is:
ado
'fuss' is the definition.
('ado' can be a synonym of 'fuss')
'woodman regularly raised' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
The alternating letters of 'woodman' are 'oda'.
'oda' in reverse letter order is 'ADO'.
(Other definitions for ado that I've seen before include "flapping" , "Fuss, trouble" , "Fuss or bustle" , "hoo-hah" , "Hoo-ha" .)