Sensible cloth doily, say, in a short film (9)
I believe the answer is:
pragmatic
'sensible' is the definition.
(pragmatic means sensible or realistic)
'cloth doily say in a short film' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'cloth' could be 'rag' (rag is a kind of cloth) and 'rag' is located in the answer.
'doily' could be 'mat' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'mat' is present in the answer.
'film' could be 'pic' (short for picture) and 'pic' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pragmatic that I've seen before include "Dealing with things practically rather than theoretically" , "Matter-of-fact" , "Practical" , "for best results?" , "Realistic" .)