Gawpers getting a load of king with no clothes on? (8)
I believe the answer is:
starkers
'gawpers getting a load' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'king with no clothes on?' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'with no clothes' becomes 'starers' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on?' means one lot of letters goes inside another (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'k' going inside 'starers' is 'STARKERS'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for starkers that I've seen before include "Bare (colloq.)" , "Completely naked" , "in his birthday suit?" , "Not wearing a stitch" , "in the buff" .)