Snatch of metal caught on the radio (5)
I believe the answer is:
steal
'snatch' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'metal caught on the radio' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'metal' could be 'al' (Al is an example) and 'al' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'se' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for steal that I've seen before include "Appropriate" , "Thieve" , "Whip" , "Plagiarise" , "pirate" .)