Somehow get vet in profile (8)
I believe the answer is:
vignette
'profile' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'somehow get vet in' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'get'+'vet'+'in'='getvetin'
'getvetin' is an anagram of 'VIGNETTE'.
(Other definitions for vignette that I've seen before include "Small illustration, sketch" , "by way of illustration" , "Character sketch - word picture" , "Small evocative illustration or essay" , "Brief evocative description" .)