Reason for myself and cheerleader to go after record (5)
I believe the answer is:
logic
'reason' is the definition.
(logic is using reason)
'myself and cheerleader to go after record' is the wordplay.
'myself' becomes 'I'.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cheerleader' becomes 'c' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'to go after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'record' becomes 'log' (log is a kind of record).
'i' put next to 'c' is 'ic'.
'ic' after 'log' is 'LOGIC'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for logic that I've seen before include "subject with 14 [ARGUMENTS]" , "Rational thinking" , "Aristotelian theories" , "Good reason" , "Sound sense" .)