A top journalist under strain (7)
I believe the answer is:
pressed
'a top journalist under strain' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'a top journalist' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'journalist' could be 'ed' (short for editor) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'press' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pressed that I've seen before include "Urged U crushed" , "Ironed" , "Argued strongly and exerted force" , "Coerced" , "under some strain" .)