Perhaps Indian team’s heart’s back (7)
I believe the answer is:
eastern
'perhaps indian' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'team's heart's back' is the wordplay.
'team's' becomes 'crew's' (crew is a kind of team).
'heart's' indicates the central letters (I've seen 'heart of' mean this).
'back' becomes 'astern' (I've seen this before).
The centre of 'crews' is 'e'.
'e'+'astern'='EASTERN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eastern that I've seen before include "towards the sun" , "Possibly Japanese" , "towards daybreak?" , "Earnest (anag.)" , "See 11" .)