Curious new trap set up for poet (8)
I believe the answer is:
tennyson
'poet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'curious new trap set up' is the wordplay.
'curious' becomes 'nosy' ('nosy' can be similar in meaning to 'curious').
'new' becomes 'n'.
'trap' becomes 'net' (net is a kind of trap).
'set up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'nosy'+'n'+'net'='nosynnet'
'nosynnet' written backwards gives 'TENNYSON'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tennyson that I've seen before include "Alfred Lord ..., Victorian poet" , "Victorian Poet Laureate" , "Poet who wrote The Lady of Shalott" , "Alfred, Lord -, nineteenth century Poet Laureate" , "Great Victorian" .)