Academic clue: Controversy over king and slavery (6-4)

From Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31246, 11A

11A — Academic clue: Controversy over king and slavery (6-4)DONKEY-WORK

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'slavery'
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'over'
  • Operation
    'over' signals a reversal operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'Controversy'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'Academic' → DON
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'clue:' → KEY
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'Controversy' → ROW
  • Abbreviation
    Abbreviations spotted: 'king' → K
  • Assembly
    DON + KEY + (ROW > WOR) + K = DONKEY-WORK

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