Cerebral sort of rascal capturing hearts (7)
I believe the answer is:
thinker
'cerebral sort' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'rascal capturing hearts' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hearts' could be 'h' (abbreviation used in card games e.g. bridge) and 'h' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tinker' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thinker that I've seen before include "One using brain" , "Statue carved by 24 across" , "The rink (anag.)" , "one doing brain operations" , "Subject of Rodin statue" .)