Criminal steals dupatta hanger? (6)
I believe the answer is:
tassel
'dupatta hanger?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'criminal steals' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'steals' is an anagram of 'TASSEL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tassel that I've seen before include "Ornamental tuft of threads" , "Slates attached to ornamental bunch of threads" , "male hawk" , "Decorative tuft of threads" , "Hanging tuft of threads" .)