Lack of talent not a feature of Lord's (8)
I believe the answer is:
nobility
'feature of lord's' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.
'lack of talent not a' is the wordplay.
'lack of' becomes 'no' (lack of money is no money).
'talent' becomes 'ability' (I've seen this before).
'not' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'ability' with 'a' taken away is 'bility'.
'no'+'bility'='NOBILITY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nobility that I've seen before include ""peers"" , "Aristocrats generally" , "Privileged class holding hereditary titles" , "Persons of title" , "Peerage" .)