Doctor regularly avoided bar meal, resulting in scene? (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'scene?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'doctor regularly avoided bar meal' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation).
'regularly avoided' means one should take alternating letters (letters removed at regular intervals).
'bar'+'meal'='barmeal'
The alternate letters of 'barmeal' are 'ama'.
'dr'+'ama'='DRAMA'
'resulting in' is the link.
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Plays as branch of literature" , "Series of events involving conflicting forces" , "Stage play, may be exciting" , "Hamlet, say" , "Emotional sequence of events (made out of a crisis?)" .)