Pubs without stress - places for regulars (8)
I believe the answer is:
barracks
'places for regulars' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'pubs without stress' is the wordplay.
'pubs' becomes 'bars' (a bar is a pub).
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'stress' becomes 'rack' (racking is a kind of stressing).
'bars' placed around 'rack' is 'BARRACKS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barracks that I've seen before include "private housing" , "Heckles" , "Army buildings" , "Military encampment" , "Military quarters" .)