Turns up, secretary consumes fish on a night out? (6)
I believe the answer is:
asleep
'night out?' is the definition.
'asleep' can be an answer for 'out?' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'night' bit.
'turns up secretary consumes fish' is the wordplay.
'turns up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'secretary' becomes 'pa' (I've seen this in other clues).
'consumes' indicates putting letters inside.
'fish' becomes 'eels' (I've seen this before**).
'pa' enclosing 'eels' is 'peelsa'.
'peelsa' in reverse letter order is 'ASLEEP'.
'on a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for asleep that I've seen before include "Resting unconscious" , "Napping" , "out like a light?" , "In the arms fo Morpheus" , "Please be at rest (6)." .)