Tries a new type of comedy (6)
I believe the answer is:
satire
'type of comedy' is the definition.
'satire' can be an answer for 'comedy' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'type of' bit.
'tries a new' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tries'+'a'='triesa'
'triesa' is an anagram of 'SATIRE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for satire that I've seen before include "work with cutting devices?" , "Lampoon(ery)" , "Biting humour exposing vice, folly etc." , "It holds up follies and vices of the powerful to ridicule" , "Jonathan Swift's forte?" .)