Gift tied up at resort (8)
I believe the answer is:
aptitude
'gift' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'tied up at resort' is the wordplay.
'resort' indicates an anagram.
'tied'+'up'+'at'='tiedupat'
'tiedupat' with letters rearranged gives 'APTITUDE'.
(Other definitions for aptitude that I've seen before include "Update it, having natural skill" , "capacity" , "Flair" , "faculty" , "Bent" .)