Please when cooked as kipper? (6)

I believe the answer is:

asleep

(Other definitions for asleep that I've seen before include "Please be at rest (6)." , "Dormant, inactive" , "In the arms of Hypnos" , "Slumbering" , "Having nodded off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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