| LIDDLE | Rod ___, journalist who is an associate editor of The Spectator and former editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme |
| ANDREWNEIL | Broadcaster and former editor of The Sunday Times |
| APPEARED | Looked up, we're told, an associate editor (8) |
| STEELE | A member of the Kit-Cat Club who co-founded The Spectator and wrote The Tatler under the pen name Isaac Bickerstaff (6) |
| OBSERVER | The Spectator, and another news publication, cut article |
| KEARNEY | Martha ___, Dublin-born journalist and broadcaster who was the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World at One for 11 years |
| ERIC | Cumbrian farmer - - - - Robson, former principal chair of BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time (4) |
| HUSAIN | Mishal, TV news presenter and co-host of BBC Radio 4's Today (6) |
| BAGATELLE | Be all worried about the spectators and the game (9) |
| INGRAMS | Richard ___, former editor of Private Eye who was founding editor of The Oldie and |
| LAWSON | Dominic ****. former editor of 'The Spectator' (6) |
| ANDREWMARR | Former political editor of BBC News and presenter of Start the Week, now working for LBC (6,4) |
| ISABEL | ___ Hardman, political journalist and assistant editor of The Spectator (6) |
| MICHAELGOVE | Former Conservative minister who has been appointed editor of The Spectator (7,4) |
| FAISAL | First name of Mr Islam who is the economics editor of BBC News (6) |
| WILLIAMREESMOGG | Former editor of The Times, 1967-81, later chairman of the Arts Council |
| GOVE | Michael ___ has been the editor of The Spectator since October 2024 |
| PRINGLE | Valerie ___ (Windsor-Ontario-born broadcast journalist who is a Member of the Order of Canada) |
| TINA | ___ Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker |
| ROSIE | --- Boycott, life peer, a former editor of The Independent and Daily Express |
