Changing seat - hazard for star (8)
I believe the answer is:
asterisk
'star' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'changing seat hazard' is the wordplay.
'changing' is an anagram indicator.
'hazard' becomes 'risk' (synonyms).
'seat' with letters rearranged gives 'aste'.
'aste'+'risk'='ASTERISK'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for asterisk that I've seen before include "Star of typography" , "Footnote marker" , "Sarkiest (Anag)" , "Star for the printer" , "Star-shaped mark in printing" .)