Heavily taxed? It's what those worn down by Labour complain about to journalist! (10)
I believe the answer is:
overworked
'heavily taxed?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'it's what those worn down by labour complain about to journalist' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'down' could be 'd' and 'd' is found in the answer.
'labour' could be 'overwork' (overwork is a kind of labour) and 'overwork' is located in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for overworked that I've seen is " exhausted".)