Masterly trap for an artist! (5)
I believe the answer is:
manet
'artist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'masterly trap for an' is the wordplay.
'masterly' becomes 'm' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'trap' becomes 'net' (net is a type of trap).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'net' after 'a' is 'anet'.
'm'+'anet'='MANET'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for manet that I've seen before include "French painter" , "Edouard ---, pre-impressionist" , "Olympia artist" , "Olympia painter" , "artistic individual" .)