Avoided potential duel with editor (6)
I believe the answer is:
eluded
'avoided' is the definition.
(eluding is a kind of avoiding)
'potential duel with editor' is the wordplay.
'potential' indicates anagramming the letters (another potential order of the letters).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'duel' is an anagram of 'elud'.
'elud'+'ed'='ELUDED'
(Other definitions for eluded that I've seen before include "Dodged, avoided" , "Escaped by stratagem" , "Evaded" , "Delude, having escaped capture" , "'Dodged, escaped (6)'" .)