Scam entraps press satirist (8)
I believe the answer is:
comedian
'satirist' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'scam entraps press' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'press' could be 'media' (the press is part of the media) and 'media' is found in the answer.
'scam' could be 'con' (both can mean a fraudulent scheme) and 'con' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for comedian that I've seen before include "Humorous entertainer" , "Comic" , "performer" , "cracking bloke?" , "Hope, perhaps" .)