Found things difficult when lied to badly (6)
I believe the answer is:
toiled
'found things difficult' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'lied to badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'lied'+'to'='liedto'
'liedto' with letters rearranged gives 'TOILED'.
'when' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for toiled that I've seen before include "Worked incessantly" , "Struggled long and hard" , "Worked long and hard" , "Worked or laboured very hard" , "Laboued long and hard" .)