Class engaged in tricks follows the crowd (8)
I believe the answer is:
conforms
'follows the crowd' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'class engaged in tricks' is the wordplay.
'class' becomes 'form' (form class is a kind of class).
'engaged in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tricks' becomes 'cons' (trick can mean to scam or con).
'form' going inside 'cons' is 'CONFORMS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for conforms that I've seen before include "Keeps to rules or customs (8)." , "Keeps to rules or general custom" , "Toes the party line" .)