Dash to get article into cheap production (7)
I believe the answer is:
panache
'dash' is the definition.
('panache' can be a synonym of 'dash')
'article into cheap production' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'production' indicates an anagram.
'cheap' with letters rearranged gives 'pache'.
'an' inserted into 'pache' is 'PANACHE'.
'to get' is the link.
(Other definitions for panache that I've seen before include "Style, elan" , "Sense of style, swagger" , "flourish" , "Great style" , "Grand manner, theatricality" .)