Competes to control western outlooks (5)
I believe the answer is:
views
'outlooks' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'competes to control western' is the wordplay.
'competes' becomes 'vies' ('vie' can be a synonym of 'compete').
'to control' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'western' becomes 'w'.
'vies' enclosing 'w' is 'VIEWS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for views that I've seen before include "Wives (anag.)" , "Vistas; opinions" , "What pollsters seek" , "Aspects, panoramas" , "Opinions, perspectives" .)