Crew of sycophants giving up time for king (7)
I believe the answer is:
roadies
'crew of sycophants giving up' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'time for king' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'time' could be 'ad' (AD, Anno Domini, as opposed to BC, Before Christ) and 'ad' is present in the answer.
'king' could be 'roi' (I have seen 'French king ' mean 'roi' so perhaps 'king' could also mean 'roi') and 'roi' is located in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'es' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for roadies that I've seen before include "Band tour crew" , "Transport managers" , "They handle the equipment for entertainers" , "Pop group's tour assistants" .)