Make fitting to a figure? (5)
I believe the answer is:
adapt
'figure?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'make fitting to a' is the wordplay.
'make' becomes 'd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fitting' becomes 'apt' (I've seen this before).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'd'+'apt'='dapt'
'dapt' put after 'a' is 'ADAPT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adapt that I've seen before include "get used?" , "Make fit" , "Adjust to changed circumstances" , "rewrite for broadcasting" , "Adjust to new circumstances" .)