Regularly killed in US, one hears (3)
I believe the answer is:
oft
'regularly' is the definition.
(often)
'killed in us one hears' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'us' could be 'ft' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ft' is found within the answer.
'one' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oft that I've seen before include "Frequently (poetic)" , "(In poetry) frequently" , "Many times (archaic)" , "Quite frequently, according to the poet" , "time and again in literature" .)