Gave Ned orders and paid him back (7)
I believe the answer is:
avenged
'paid him back' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'gave ned orders' is the wordplay.
'orders' indicates anagramming the letters.
'gave'+'ned'='gavened'
'gavened' with letters rearranged gives 'AVENGED'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avenged that I've seen before include "Got back at" , "Took reprisals for" , "being paid back" , "Inflicted retribution for (a wrong)" .)