Lizard skin girdle and cloak win an Oscar (5)
I believe the answer is:
gecko
'lizard' is the definition.
(I know that gecko is a type of lizard)
'skin girdle and cloak win an oscar' is the wordplay.
'skin' suggests removing the centre.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cloak win' becomes 'ck' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'an oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'girdle' with its centre taken out is 'ge'.
'ge'+'ck'+'o'='GECKO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gecko that I've seen before include "Lizard with adhesive toes" , "Nocturnal lizard" , "Malaysian climber" , "Small tropical lizard" , "Small lizard with adhesive foot-pads" .)