Think a lot about how to take the road east (5)
I believe the answer is:
adore
'think a lot about how to take' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'road east' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'road' is 'ador' which is located in the answer.
'east' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adore that I've seen before include "Love, worship" , "Treasure" , "Respect deeply" , "Honour" , "Love (someone) deeply" .)