Crane made out of shiny stuff (5)
I believe the answer is:
nacre
'shiny stuff' is the definition.
'nacre' can be an answer for 'stuff' (nacre is a kind of stuff). I'm not certain of the 'shiny' bit.
'crane made out' is the wordplay.
'made out' indicates anagramming the letters.
'crane' anagrammed gives 'NACRE'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nacre that I've seen before include "Pearl's mum" , "Constituent of inlay furniture" , "Mother-of-pearl - crane (anag)" , "Mother of pearl" , "Mother-of-pearl from shellfish" .)