Fashionable girl in mask, regularly sets traps (9)
I believe the answer is:
inveigles
'traps' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'fashionable girl in mask regularly sets' is the wordplay.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (similar in meaning).
'girl' becomes 'g'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mask' becomes 'veil' (I've seen this before).
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternate letters of 'sets' are 'es'.
'g' placed inside 'veil' is 'veigl'.
'in'+'veigl'+'es'='INVEIGLES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for inveigles that I've seen is " Influences by gentle urging".)