| SPORTSWRITER | One of those in the media talking about the club - the one reporting the fights (12) |
| PRESSED | Urged those in the media to take on the boss, in short (7) |
| PAPERS | What those in The Media make of documentation (6) |
| DEBATED | Discussed a document about the club (7) |
| LEWISCARROLL | Writer reporting the song of an East Sussex town? |
| BLOWTHEWHISTLEON | End an illicit activity by reporting the person responsible (4,3,7,2) |
| PATHETIC | A tip circulated about the clubs being dismal |
| EXPLOITABLE | "Reporting the news is a privilege and a responsibility, and it is not ____" (Meet Joe Black) |
| NAMEDROPPING | Talking about the stars has reputation diminishing |
| PRESSCUTTING | Taken from the paper ? job loses in the media perhaps! (5,7) |
| AGE | The sixties musical Hair started us talking about the dawning of the ... of Aquarius |
| QUOTE | '... I know the kings of England. and I - the fights historical... ' says Major-General Stanley in The Pirates Of Penzance (5) |
| JACUZZI | Jack? Who's he? The one talking about the bubble bath (7) |
| HULLABALOO | In Arthur Ransome's book Coot Club, the children's name for any one of the holidaymakers from the city (10) |
| HOYLAKE | Seaside town on the Wirral Peninsula that is the home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, the second oldest golf links in England |
| TOP | Break in at the boys' club: The Notorious RBG struggled to land her first job out of Columbia Law, despite having led at the ___ of her class |
| BOOKREVIEWER | Tends to be critical of half of those in 24 across having a job in the media (4,8) |
| OFTHETHIRD | Movie about the fights for the bronze medal? (5,10,2,3,5,4) |
| CLOSE | Movie about the fights for the bronze medal? (5,10,2,3,5,4) |
| KIND | Movie about the fights for the bronze medal? (5,10,2,3,5,4) |
