Creative people from Dire Straits (7)
I believe the answer is:
artists
'creative people' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'dire straits' is the wordplay.
'dire' is an anagram indicator.
'straits' is an anagram of 'ARTISTS'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for artists that I've seen before include "Painters" , "They imagine" , "music performers?" , "Creative people" , "creative types may find themselves" .)