Burmese boarding houses served up super roly-poly (5)
I believe the answer is:
obese
'super roly-poly' is the definition.
'obese' can be an answer for 'roly-poly' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'super' bit.
'burmese boarding houses served up' is the wordplay.
'houses' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (part of the clue houses the answer).
'served up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, going upwards).
'esebo' is hidden in the letters of 'burmese boarding'.
'esebo' reversed gives 'OBESE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for obese that I've seen before include "with a pot?" , "Unhealthily large" , "Extremely portly" , "porky?" , "in need of slimming down" .)