Cryptic

[farkha]

Pl help
1. Register alternative Verne theory (5) e?t??
2. Companions score freely on backstreet (7) e?c????
3. Why go after humble reserve? (7) m?d????

[fiction-factory]

modesty?

[dannyk13]

1.Enter
2.Escorts

[MargoTester]

Enter
Escorts

[elliemay1]

escorts

[dannyk13]

I. alternate letters in Verne theory.
2.anagram of score + st reversed

[farkha]

Thank you all. Best wishes.

[fiction-factory]

And 3 is Y (why) after modest.
I'm not sure why setters use why for y

[dannyk13]

It's a sound like FF.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks dannyk13. It is indeed but usually there is a 'sounds like' indicator such 'we hear' or 'on the radio'

[dannyk13]

Not always as in this case