Place on the ladder kept one kicking oneself (5)
I believe the answer is:
ruing
'kicking oneself' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'place on the ladder kept one' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'g' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the ladder' becomes 'run' (both can mean a tear in tights).
'kept' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'run' enclosing 'i' is 'ruin'.
'g' put after 'ruin' is 'RUING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ruing that I've seen before include "Feeling sorry for" , "full of remorse?" , "Having second thoughts" , "Regretful" , "feeling remorse" .)