He has the skills needed to make a suit (6)
I believe the answer is:
hearts
'a suit' is the definition.
(hearts is a playing card suit)
'he has the skills needed' is the wordplay.
'he has' becomes 'hes' (he's).
'the skills' becomes 'art'.
'needed' is an insertion indicator.
'hes' placed around 'art' is 'HEARTS'.
'to make' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hearts that I've seen before include "Scottish footballers" , "They beat" , "Suit in pack" , "Soccer club" , "quarterdeck?" .)