Very pale, like a woman in the Gorbals? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ashen
'very pale' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'like a woman in the gorbals?' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'a woman in the gorbals?' becomes 'hen' (Scottish term for woman -The Gorbals is in Glasgow).
'as'+'hen'='ASHEN'
(Other definitions for ashen that I've seen before include "pale in colour" , "Deathly pale" , "Drained of colour" , "Livid" , "of Tree" .)