Drawn at sea without even an inferno-maker (5)
I believe the answer is:
dante
'drawn at' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dante that I've seen before include "Author of the Divine Comedy, d. 1321" , "22 [FT SETTER]" , "Great Italian poet of 'The Divine Comedy'" , "La divina commedia poet" , "Finally stand before" .)