Exhausted area with duke interring king (6)
I believe the answer is:
zonked
'exhausted' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'area with duke interring king' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'duke' could be 'd' (abbreviation) and 'd' is found in the answer.
'king' could be 'k' (abbreviation for king in chess) and 'k' is located in the answer.
'area' could be 'zone' (zone is a kind of area) and 'zone' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for zonked that I've seen before include "Tired - hit sharply" , "Spaced out" , "Exhausted - drunk - high on drugs" , "Exhausted - under the influence of drugs" .)