He finds level ice initially over Noel, perhaps (6)
I believe the answer is:
lionel
'he' is the definition.
'level ice initially over noel perhaps' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'perhaps' is an anagram indicator.
The initial letters of 'level ice' is 'li'.
'noel' with letters rearranged gives 'onel'.
'li'+'onel'='LIONEL'
'finds' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for lionel that I've seen before include "- Bart, (Oliver!)" , "Oil Len badly for another man" , "Blair possibly" , "Boy" , "-- Bart; -- Richie" .)