Incentive for a donkey? (6)
I believe the answer is:
carrot
'incentive' is the definition.
(as in a carrot and stick)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for carrot that I've seen before include "Enticement; vegetable" , "veg" , "Red vegetable used as inducement" , "Incentive (but not the stick)" , "Orange edible root" .)