Got ready for photo outside Des' new place (5)
I believe the answer is:
posed
'des' new place' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'got ready for photo outside' is the wordplay.
'got ready' becomes 'sed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'outside' means to remove the middle letters.
'photo' with its middle taken out is 'po'.
'sed' after 'po' is 'POSED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for posed that I've seen before include "Positioned" , "Arranged for pictorial purposes" , "Modelled" , "Was a model" , "Took a stance" .)