E.g. exhausted live stand-up comedian from Liverpool? (5)
I believe the answer is:
sayle
'e g exhausted' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'live stand-up comedian from liverpool?' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'l' (electrical abbreviation).
'stand' is an insertion indicator.
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'comedian from liverpool?' becomes 'eyas' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eyas' in reverse letter order is 'saye'.
'l' going inside 'saye' is 'SAYLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?