Translate 'craic', in a manner of speaking? (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
figure out
'translate' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to thinking as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for figure out that I've seen before include "Calculate - fathom" , "understand?" , "Reckon" .)