Clothes-horse more attractive without top (5)
I believe the answer is:
airer
'clothes-horse' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'more attractive without top' is the wordplay.
'more attractive' becomes 'fairer' ('fair' can be a synonym of 'attractive').
'without top' means to remove the first letter.
'fairer' with its initial letter removed is 'AIRER'.
(Other definitions for airer that I've seen before include "Clothes-drying frame" , "Frame for drying clothes" , "I rear (anag) - frame for clothes" , "Frame to dry laundry" , "Frame on which clothes are dried" .)