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Boiled please, like kipper? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asleep

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'boiled please like kipper?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'boiled please' is the wordplay.
'boiled' indicates an anagram (letters cooked or boiled into a new form).
'please' anagrammed gives 'ASLEEP'.

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(Other definitions for asleep that I've seen before include "coiled up?" , "Like kippers" , "Please be at rest, oddly" , "Dead to the world" , "in bed?" .)

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