Male with skills makes suit (6)
I believe the answer is:
hearts
'suit' is the definition.
(hearts is a playing card suit)
'male with skills' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'skills' becomes 'arts' (art can mean a skill or talent).
'he'+'arts'='HEARTS'
'makes' is the link.
(Other definitions for hearts that I've seen before include "Playing-card suit" , "Suit in pack" , "Edinburgh football team - suit" , "Card game and centres of emotions, it's said" , "Major suit at cards" .)