Coincides with cryptic solver tackling advanced puzzle to begin with (8)
I believe the answer is:
overlaps
'coincides' is the definition.
(overlapping is a kind of coinciding)
'cryptic solver tackling advanced puzzle to begin with' is the wordplay.
'cryptic' indicates an anagram (a cryptic or obscure order of the letters).
'tackling' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to tackle is to take possession of).
'to begin with' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'advanced puzzle' is 'ap'.
'solver' with letters rearranged gives 'overls'.
'overls' placed around 'ap' is 'OVERLAPS'.
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for overlaps that I've seen before include "Coincides partially or wholly" , "Extends over or partly so" .)