Boiled please, like kipper? (6)
I believe the answer is:
asleep
'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'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(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?" .)