Criticise a prophet, do we hear, for universal remedy (7)
I believe the answer is:
panacea
'for universal remedy' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'criticise a prophet do' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'prophet do' becomes 'cea' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'pan'+'a'+'cea'='PANACEA'
'we hear' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for panacea that I've seen before include "Cure-all in a canape" , "Solution to all difficulties" , "that will cure anything" , "offering solution to all ills" , "comprehensive fix" .)