Sacred text I removed from clothes drawer (5)
I believe the answer is:
sutra
'sacred text' is the definition.
(type of sacred text in Buddhism)
'i removed from clothes drawer' is the wordplay.
'removed from' is a deletion indicator.
'clothes' becomes 'suit' (set of clothes).
'drawer' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, possibly an artist who 'draws').
'suit' with 'i' taken out is 'sut'.
'sut'+'ra'='SUTRA'
(Other definitions for sutra that I've seen before include "A Buddhist scripture" , "old rule book" , "Buddhist literature" , "sacred text" , "Sanskrit aphorisms" .)