Drawing clear, one clarified originally after publication (8)
I believe the answer is:
magnetic
'drawing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'clear one clarified originally after publication' is the wordplay.
'clear' becomes 'net' (as in net profit).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'publication' becomes 'mag' (abbreviation for magazine).
The first letter of 'clarified' is 'c'.
'net'+'i'+'c'='netic'
'netic' put after 'mag' is 'MAGNETIC'.
(Other definitions for magnetic that I've seen before include "What's attractive" , "Having the power to attract" , "Having the property of attracting iron" , "attractive result" , "Very attractive or alluring" .)