The starving snake loves new item of cutlery (8)
I believe the answer is:
teaspoon
'item of cutlery' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the starving snake loves new' is the wordplay.
'the starving' becomes 'te' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'snake' becomes 'asp' (asp is a kind of snake).
'loves' becomes 'oo' (love means 0 in tennis).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'te'+'asp'+'oo'+'n'='TEASPOON'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teaspoon that I've seen before include "Not Aesop (anag.)" , "Cooking unit" , "Small item of cutlery (8)" , "With OAP onset, use it at table" , "Small stirrer" .)