Article follows king getting stick for not working (5)
I believe the answer is:
kaput
'not working' is the definition.
(kaput can mean broken)
'article follows king getting stick' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (English indefinite article).
'follows' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'king' becomes 'K' (abbreviation for king in chess).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'stick' becomes 'put'.
'a' after 'k' is 'ka'.
'ka'+'put'='KAPUT'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for kaput that I've seen before include "Defunct (informal)" , "Broken (sl.)" , "Slangily broken, from German" , "Up the spout" , "out of action" .)