| STEPHANIEFLANDERS | BBC News economics editor (2008 to 2013) and now senior executive editor for economics at Bloomberg News (9,8) |
| PHELAN | Mike ___, assistant manager of Manchester United from 2008 to 2013 and from December 2018 |
| FAISAL | First name of Mr Islam who is the economics editor of BBC News (6) |
| PODAR | College of commerce and economics at Matunga |
| CAMEO | Senior executive keeping graduate back for a minor role |
| OFFICER | Senior executive (7) |
| SEALORD | A senior executive in the former Board of Admiralty |
| JULIA | _ McKenzie, titular star of Agatha Christie's Marple from 2008 to 2013 (5) |
| SOPEL | Jon, English journalist and former North America editor for BBC News; presenter of The News Agents podcast (5) |
| EVA | Ms. Aariak, Premier of Nunavut, 2008 to 2013 |
| MCKENZIE | Julia _, played sleuth Miss Marple from 2008 to 2013 (8) |
| BENBRADLEE | Executive editor of The Washington Post who oversaw the publication of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's Watergate reports |
| EXECUTED | I've left executive editor to be hung (8) |
| LAURAKUENSSBERG | Political editor for BBC News since June 2015 |
| FRIEDMAN | Milton, US monetarist awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1976 (8) |
| SAMUELSON | Paul ___, US economist who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1970 (9) |
| ORELSE | Failing this foundation in Mineralogy; gaining a place for Economics (2,4) |
| GOTTHEPUSH | Lost mate of Goethe replaced foremost editor for the leader going to press (3,3,4) |
| FORTIFIED | At the Irish Film Institute, met editor for tea beforehand, but it was made very strong |
| ANNTAYLOR | Minister for International Defence and Security from 2008 to 2010 |
