Poet new in 1265? (5)
I believe the answer is:
dante
'poet' is the definition.
(13th- and 14th-century Italian poet)
'new in 1265?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'date' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dante that I've seen before include "Net Da a poet" , "Thirteenth to fourteenth century Italian poet" , "Finally stand before" , "Poet inspired by Beatrice" , "Thirteenth-fourteenth century Italian poet" .)