Woman with skill and practicality (9)
I believe the answer is:
viability
'practicality' is the definition.
(I know that viability is a type of practicality)
'woman with skill' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'Vi' (short for Violet).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'skill' becomes 'ability' (I've seen this before).
'vi'+'ability'='VIABILITY'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for viability that I've seen before include "Aptitude for living" , "likelihood of success" .)