Possible Clues:

• Demanded
• Was as king as of right?
• Formerly played as demanded
• Called for work to block river Dee
• Got out of show business, though once init !
• Formerly played at getting one's due
• Insisted on and obtained
• Seems the editor was precise in what he got from one
• Was the editor precise enough to have got the money out of you?
• Obtained by force