Tinder craftily engages female model as trap (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
drift net
'trap' is the definition.
(drift net is a kind of trap)
'tinder craftily engages female model' is the wordplay.
'craftily' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'engages' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'model' becomes 'T' (Ford Model T car).
'tinder' is an anagram of 'dritne'.
'dritne' enclosing 'f' is 'driftne'.
'driftne'+'t'='DRIFT-NET'
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for drift net that I've seen before include "Catcher left free" , "Fishing gear that floats with the current" .)