One among playful lads makes call (5)
I believe the answer is:
dials
'makes call' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'one among playful lads' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'among' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'playful' is an anagram indicator.
'lads' is an anagram of 'dals'.
'i' placed inside 'dals' is 'DIALS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for dials that I've seen is " Clock faces".)