Things over there start to tear stockings (5)
I believe the answer is:
those
'things over there' is the definition.
'start to tear stockings' is the wordplay.
'start to' says to take the initial letters.
'stockings' becomes 'hose' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'tear' is 't'.
't'+'hose'='THOSE'
(Other definitions for those that I've seen before include "The (things) there" , "the more far out?" , "Ethos (anag.)" , "The ones farther away" , "Nostalgic utterance" .)