Quality and skill rising with it (5)
I believe the answer is:
trait
'quality' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'skill rising with it' is the wordplay.
'skill' becomes 'art' (both can mean a talent).
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'art' back-to-front is 'tra'.
'tra'+'it'='TRAIT'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for trait that I've seen before include "Mannerism" , "A characteristic of straitened kind" , "Feature of personality" , "Decorative band" , "Attribute, characteristic" .)