People looking intently to catch king naked (8)
I believe the answer is:
starkers
'naked' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'people looking intently to catch king' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'king' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Edward Rex, various English kings) and 'er' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'starks' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for starkers that I've seen before include "Completely naked" , "Like fairytale emperor" , "Wearing no clothes" , "uncovered" , "in the buff" .)