Overwhelm with papers after work (7)
I believe the answer is:
oppress
'overwhelm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'papers after work' is the wordplay.
'papers' becomes 'press' (the newspaper industry).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'press' after 'op' is 'OPPRESS'.
'with' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for oppress that I've seen before include "Distress" , "Subjugate or weigh on" , "Treat tyrannically" , "Keep in subjection and hardship" , "Lie heavy upon" .)