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Answer for the clue "A rival attraction ", 17 letters:
counterattraction

Word definitions for counterattraction in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rival attraction

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
counterattraction \counterattraction\ n. a rival attraction.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Something that vies for the attention of a person or thing in competition with something else; a rival for preference.

Usage examples of counterattraction.

The irrepressible Bloom, who also had a shrewd suspicion that the old stager went out on a manoeuvre after the counterattraction in the shape of a female who however had disappeared to all intents and purposes, could by straining just perceive him, when duly refreshed by his rum puncheon exploit, gaping up at the piers and girders of the Loop line rather out of his depth as of course it was all radically altered since his last visit and greatly improved.

Beyond her the duke of hartwell, unlike the previous night, was having no trouble at all in devoting his entire attention to susan beresford: the usual counterattraction on his right, in the best traditions of the theatrical world, rarely rose before noon.