Podgy king: he departed during tournament (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
round robin
'tournament' is the definition.
(round robin is a kind of tournament)
'podgy king he departed during' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'king' could be 'r' (abbreviation of Latin rex) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'he' could be 'robin' and 'robin' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for round robin that I've seen before include "Tournament in which every contestant plays against every other" , "Multi-signature letter" , "Request presented, with no clear leader" , "part of Christmas for some" , "to make protest" .)