Copy poet in style, embraced successful candidate (9)
I believe the answer is:
appointee
'successful candidate' is the definition.
'appointee' can be an answer for 'candidate' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'successful' bit.
'copy poet in style embraced' is the wordplay.
'copy' becomes 'ape' (ape can mean to copy or imitate).
'style' is an anagram indicator (style can mean to shape or design).
'embraced' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are embraced).
'poet'+'in'='poetin'
'poetin' is an anagram of 'pointe'.
'ape' enclosing 'pointe' is 'APPOINTEE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for appointee that I've seen before include "One put into post" , "chosen candidate" , "One assigned to a job or role" , "has been given a role" , "Successful applicant" .)