Tricky Socratic puzzle (8)
I believe the answer is:
acrostic
'puzzle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tricky socratic' is the wordplay.
'tricky' indicates anagramming the letters.
'socratic' is an anagram of 'ACROSTIC'.
(Other definitions for acrostic that I've seen before include "RAC stoic (anag) - lines of writing where certain initial letters form a word or proverb" , "Puzzle involving leading characters" , "Verse where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase" , "Puzzle spelling out something with first letters" , "Word puzzle using first letters" .)