Youngster's getting to grips with electronic clues (5)
I believe the answer is:
leads
'clues' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'youngster's getting to grips with electronic' is the wordplay.
'youngster's' becomes 'lad's' (a young boy).
'getting to grips with' is an insertion indicator (one group of letters grips another).
'electronic' becomes 'e' (as in e-mail or e-books).
'lads' placed around 'e' is 'LEADS'.
(Other definitions for leads that I've seen before include "What Prime Minister does" , "singers principally?" , "Actors who play principle roles" , "Actors who play principal roles" , "Directs" .)