Response from a king receiving bad news (6)
I believe the answer is:
answer
'response' is the definition.
(answer is a kind of response)
'a king receiving bad news' is the wordplay.
'a king' becomes 'ar' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'bad' is an anagram indicator.
'news' with letters rearranged gives 'nswe'.
'ar' going around 'nswe' is 'ANSWER'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for answer that I've seen before include "Solution (to problem)" , "See 9" , "Fulfil" , "Response to a question" , "Reply or solution" .)