Every so often Cretan's news dries up (6)
I believe the answer is:
ceases
'dries up' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'every so often cretan's news' is the wordplay.
'every so often' means one should take alternating letters.
'cretans'+'news'='cretansnews'
The alternating letters of 'cretansnews' are 'CEASES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ceases that I've seen before include "Stops or discontinues" , "Comes to an end" , "Terminates" , "Finishes" , "stops working" .)