Doctor gets points for attire (5)
I believe the answer is:
dress
'attire' is the definition.
(dressing is a kind of attiring)
'doctor gets points' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'points' becomes 'ess' (east and south are compass points).
'dr'+'ess'='DRESS'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for dress that I've seen before include "To prepare" , "(Article of) clothing" , "what she wears?" , "Shift" , "This circle is the first gallery in a theatre" .)