Lead with it cleverly to make point (6)
I believe the answer is:
detail
'point' is the definition.
(I know that point can be written as detail)
'lead with it cleverly' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cleverly' indicates an anagram (a clever or tricky version of the letters).
'lead'+'it'='leadit'
'leadit' is an anagram of 'DETAIL'.
'to make' is the link.
(Other definitions for detail that I've seen before include "Lead it (anag)" , "Small fact or feature" , "Tailed into particulars" , "Specify" , "Dilate on particulars" .)