Artist buried alive, partially (4)
I believe the answer is:
dali
'artist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'buried alive partially' is the wordplay.
'partially' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'DALI' is hidden within 'buried alive'.
(Other definitions for dali that I've seen before include "Surrealist Spanish painter, d. 1989" , "Salvador . . . . was great Spanish surrealist painter" , "Controversial painter" , "Salvador --, twentieth century Spanish surrealist painter" , "Salvador -, twentieth century artist" .)