Revealing book from Kipling — notice covers (6)
I believe the answer is:
skimpy
'revealing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'book from kipling notice covers' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'book' could be 'kim' (I've seen this before) and 'kim' is found within the answer.
'notice' could be 'spy' (spy can mean to notice or observe) and 'spy' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skimpy that I've seen before include "Having hardly enough" , "'Scanty, barely enough (6)'" , ", naughty thing, the blue skirts?" , "Scanty (clothing)" , "Made with barely sufficient material (of clothes)" .)