| ASSERTED | Claimed lock goes back, held by a journalist |
| SITUATES | Places university knocked back, held by models (8) |
| KEY | Lock go-with |
| CARBONCAPTURE | Way to cut emissions from vehicle, fitting universal filter at back, held by nut |
| BEAT | Topic covered by a journalist or a reporter; a pulsation of the heart; rhythm in music or poetry; or, a stretch of river fished by an angler (4) |
| COPYCAT | Material supplied by a journalist on a Persian, maybe, an imitative type (7) |
| IMPRESS | Introduction by a journalist, say, getting to have a positive effect? (7) |
| ADEEMED | Won over by a journalist, judge cancelled a bequest (7) |
| VIOL | A musical instrument with six strings and a flat back, held between the knees when played (4) |
| SHEARER | Queensland utility back held Origin tryscoring record eclipsed by Greg Inglis (7) |
| AFFRONTED | Female compere taken in by a journalist is outraged |
| HACKEDOFF | Annoyed by a journalist? (6,3) |
| EDITORIAL | It's written by a journalist or one absorbed in rough detail (9) |
| PLIE | Knee bend with back held straight |
| ACCORDANT | Agreeing article can fit at the back, held together with string |
| EMBEDDED | Describing a journalist accompanying a military unit during a conflict (8) |
| REPORTER | Is about to have a drink with a legal type, or a journalist (8) |
| PRESSMAN | Exert force on a chap to be a journalist (8) |
| ALASTAIR | Which Campbell is a journalist and author who worked as a spin doctor for Tony Blair? (8) |
| DEADLINE | A journalist shouldn't miss this evidence of phone out of order (8) |
