Government-funded body gives Dame Mary reduced work (6)
I believe the answer is:
quango
'work' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for quango that I've seen before include "Government-sponsored administrative body outside the civil service" , "Unelected admin. body" , "Semi-public government board" , "Semi-public body outside the Civil Service" , "Government-financed independent body" .)