Put too much effort in fixing vote to welcome king and queen (9)
I believe the answer is:
overexert
'put too much effort in fixing vote to welcome king and queen' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'fixing vote to welcome king and queen' is the wordplay.
'fixing' indicates an anagram.
'to welcome' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are welcomed in).
'king' becomes 'rex' ('king' in Latin).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'vote' anagrammed gives 'ovet'.
'rex'+'er'='rexer'
'ovet' going around 'rexer' is 'OVEREXERT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overexert that I've seen before include "Make too much effort" , "strain" , "use too much" , "work too hard" , "exercise unduly?" .)