Type of sleep needed by wounded male in bandage (9)
I believe the answer is:
dreamless
'type of sleep' is the definition.
'dreamless' can be an answer for 'sleep' (I have seen 'such sleep' mean 'dreamless' so perhaps 'sleep' could also mean 'dreamless'). I'm not sure about the 'type of' bit.
'wounded male in bandage' is the wordplay.
'wounded' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bandage' becomes 'dress' (I've seen this in another clue).
'male' anagrammed gives 'eaml'.
'eaml' placed into 'dress' is 'DREAMLESS'.
'needed by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dreamless that I've seen before include "such sound sleep?" , "Lacking any vision" , "Lacking aspiration" , "So deep in sleep" .)