Hats off to our new editor scrutinising styles (5)
I believe the answer is:
tones
'styles' is the definition.
(tone is a kind of style)
'hats off to our new editor scrutinising' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'to' is within the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'es' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tones that I've seen before include "Shades" , "Told about the silly ass" , "Notes, characters" , "Qualities of colour, music or speech" , "Qualities of people's voices" .)