Body suits taken up by female (5)
I believe the answer is:
stiff
'body' is the definition.
(stiff is a kind of body)
'suits taken up by female' is the wordplay.
'suits' becomes 'fits' ('fit' can be a synonym of 'suit').
'taken up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'fits' backwards is 'stif'.
'stif'+'f'='STIFF'
(Other definitions for stiff that I've seen before include "cheat" , "Unfriendly" , "Frigid" , "Difficult" , "Awkward" .)