Cross from wing with Italian team taking the lead (9)
I believe the answer is:
intersect
'cross' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'wing with italian team taking the lead' is the wordplay.
'wing with' becomes 'sect' (both can mean a group within an organisation. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'italian team' becomes 'inter' (I've seen this before).
'taking the lead' says to put letters next to each other.
'sect' put after 'inter' is 'INTERSECT'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for intersect that I've seen before include "Meet at a point" , "Cut across" , "Criss-cross" , "Divide into parts" , "making one cross" .)