Sleep for short while with old man in leather (5)
I believe the answer is:
nappa
'leather' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'sleep for short while with old man' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'sleep' could be 'nap' (a nap is a short sleep) and 'nap' is present in the answer.
'man' could be 'p' (abbreviation for pawn, a chess piece or 'man') and 'p' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'a' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nappa that I've seen before include "Sort of kid, perhaps" , "leather" .)