Poet ready to break Swiss dish (8)
I believe the answer is:
rossetti
'poet' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'ready to break swiss dish' is the wordplay.
'ready to' becomes 'set' (synonyms).
'break' is an insertion indicator.
'swiss dish' becomes 'rosti' (Swiss potato dish. I am not sure about the 'swiss' bit.).
'set' put within 'rosti' is 'ROSSETTI'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rossetti that I've seen before include "Christina -, nineteenth century century English poet" , "One of three poetic siblings" , "Artist" , "English Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter, d. 1882" , "Dante Gabriel --, English poet/painter" .)