Somnolent type to tear open vehicle with seafood (3,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
rip van winkle
'somnolent type' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'tear open vehicle with seafood' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'tear' could be 'rip' (synonyms) and 'rip' is located in the answer.
'vehicle' could be 'van' (van is a kind of vehicle) and 'van' is located in the answer.
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'inkle' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rip van winkle that I've seen before include "Washington Irving hero" , "Big sleeper" , "Someone who sleeps a lot (for 20 years?)" , "Legenday 20-year sleeper (Irving)" , "long kipper" .)