Solo rendered by egghead is lacking in control (5)
I believe the answer is:
loose
'lacking in control' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'solo rendered by egghead' is the wordplay.
'rendered' is an anagram indicator (letters rendered in a new form).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'egghead' becomes 'e' (head letter of 'egg').
'solo' with letters rearranged gives 'loos'.
'loos'+'e'='LOOSE'
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loose that I've seen before include "poor fit?" , "Hanging" , "Unleash" , "wobbly" , "Slack or immoral" .)