Of reformed ladies? (6)
I believe the answer is:
ideals
'of' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun.
'reformed ladies?' is the wordplay.
'reformed' indicates an anagram.
'ladies' is an anagram of 'IDEALS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ideals that I've seen before include "100%? > 10 out out of 10? > With capital, more would want these" , "Standards for attainment or imitation" , "Ethics" , "Models of excellence" , "Models of behaviour to aim for" .)