Mean to suggest Im to do a regular trade (5)
I believe the answer is:
imply
'mean' is the definition.
(I know that mean can be written as imply)
'suggest im to do a regular trade' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'im' is present in the answer.
'do' could be 'ply' (plying is a kind of doing) and 'ply' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for imply that I've seen before include "Hint, suggest" , "Indicate indirectly" , "Insinuate, hint" , "State indirectly" , "Indicate by suggestion" .)