Dash features cheat and upstanding type crossing line (8)
I believe the answer is:
controls
'dash features' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'cheat and upstanding type crossing line' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'cheat' could be 'con' (con is a kind of cheat) and 'con' is found within the answer.
'line' could be 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem) and 'l' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for controls that I've seen before include "Manages the regulatory mechanisms" , "Directs, governs" , "Runs" , "Regulates" , "Exercises power over" .)