Stately blonde is rumpled and penniless (5)
I believe the answer is:
noble
'stately' is the definition.
(I know that stately can be written as noble)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for noble that I've seen before include "aristocrat, maybe" , "Honourable or of high rank" , "Possibly count" , "Stately" , "Maybe count" .)