Which ones are the top stockings? (5)
I believe the answer is:
those
'which ones' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'the top stockings?' is the wordplay.
'top' says to take the initial letters.
'stockings?' becomes 'hose' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'the' is 't'.
't'+'hose'='THOSE'
'are' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for those that I've seen before include "The ones farther away" , "Ethos (anag.)" , "the more far out?" , "Nostalgic utterance" , "The (things) there" .)