Conscious at a funeral (5)
I believe the answer is:
awake
'conscious' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)
'at a funeral' is the wordplay.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'funeral' becomes 'wake' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'wake' is 'AWAKE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for awake that I've seen before include "Cease sleeping" , "Come to" , "Tossing and turning" , "Conscious, aware" , "Unable to sleep" .)