Bloke with skill turned to chant (6)
I believe the answer is:
mantra
'chant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'bloke with skill turned' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before**).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'skill' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'turned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'art' reversed gives 'tra'.
'man'+'tra'='MANTRA'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for mantra that I've seen before include "Words repeated as an aid to meditation" , "Much-repeated phrase" , "Incantation, Hindu psalm" , "that > may be repeated in reflection" , "word to help concentration" .)