Common for America to take turn to the left (5)
I believe the answer is:
usual
'common' is the definition.
('usual' can be similar in meaning to 'common')
'america to take turn to the left' is the wordplay.
'america' becomes 'usa' ('U.S.A.' can be a synonym of 'america').
'to take' is an insertion indicator.
'turn' becomes 'u' (a 'U-turn' is a kind of turn).
'to the left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'usa' placed around 'u' is 'usua'.
'usua'+'l'='USUAL'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for usual that I've seen before include "Typical" , "Customary, routine" , "Typically done" , "Accustomed" , "Ordinary" .)