Stink with a bit of niff ... Hoskins? (5)
I believe the answer is:
human
'hoskins?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'stink with a bit of niff' is the wordplay.
'stink' becomes 'hum' (I've seen this in other cluesasomething with a bad).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bit of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'niff' is 'n'.
'hum'+'a'+'n'='HUMAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for human that I've seen before include "Characteristic of people" , "Genial, kind" , "Not divine, animal or mechanical" , "Relating to a person" , "Being that's apt to err?" .)