Secretary regularly takes breaks (6)
I believe the answer is:
pauses
'breaks' is the definition.
(I know this)
'secretary regularly takes' is the wordplay.
'secretary' becomes 'PA' (abbreviation for personal assistant).
'regularly takes' becomes 'uses' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'regularly' bit.).
'pa'+'uses'='PAUSES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pauses that I've seen before include "Short breaks in business" , "Brief interruptions" , "Stops or rests briefly" , "Short stops" , "Temporary suspensions" .)