Ridicule and bother the cloth (7)
I believe the answer is:
mockado
'cloth' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'ridicule and bother' is the wordplay.
'ridicule' becomes 'mock' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'bother' becomes 'ado' (both can mean fuss or commotion).
'mock'+'ado'='MOCKADO'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for mockado that I've seen is " trumpery".)