Special constable carrying radio, pulled out every so often? (8)
I believe the answer is:
sporadic
'every so often?' is the definition.
(something sporadic happens every so often)
'special constable carrying radio pulled' is the wordplay.
'special' becomes 's' (common abbreviation as in Special Air Service).
'constable' becomes 'pc' (I've seen this in other clues).
'carrying' is an insertion indicator.
'pulled' indicates anagramming the letters (letters pulled around).
'radio' anagrammed gives 'oradi'.
'pc' placed around 'oradi' is 'poradic'.
's'+'poradic'='SPORADIC'
'out' is the link.
This may not be right. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sporadic that I've seen before include "infrequent" , "Random" , "Picadors being scattered, here and there" , "Having separate patches" , "Occurring irregularly" .)