Novel aprons I use for cooking (10)
I believe the answer is:
persuasion
'novel' is the definition.
(novel by Jane Austen)
'aprons i use for cooking' is the wordplay.
'for cooking' is an anagram indicator (letters prepared or cooked into a new form).
'aprons'+'i'+'use'='apronsiuse'
'apronsiuse' anagrammed gives 'PERSUASION'.
(Other definitions for persuasion that I've seen before include "work of Jane Austen" , "Jane Austen novel" , "Belief" , "party" , "kind of inducement" .)