Usual places start to horrify relatives (6)
I believe the answer is:
haunts
'usual places' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'start to horrify relatives' is the wordplay.
'start to' indicates taking the first letters.
'relatives' becomes 'aunts' (aunt is a kind of relative).
The first letter of 'horrify' is 'h'.
'h'+'aunts'='HAUNTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for haunts that I've seen before include "Visits like a ghost" , "Frequents or visits as a ghost" , "Places where ghosts hang out?" , "Frequently visited places, hangouts" , "Frequently visits" .)