Predictable fashion uniform devoid of cloth? (9)
I believe the answer is:
formulaic
'predictable' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'fashion uniform devoid of cloth?' is the wordplay.
'fashion' becomes 'form' (both can mean to shape something for a purpose).
'uniform' becomes 'U' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'devoid of cloth?' becomes 'laic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'form'+'u'+'laic'='FORMULAIC'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for formulaic that I've seen before include "Produced by mechanically followed rules" , "With set expression" , "Predictable" .)