Approach news boss declared satisfactory (6)
I believe the answer is:
passed
'declared satisfactory' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'approach news boss' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'boss' could be 'ed' (short for editor - newspaper boss) and 'ed' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pass' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for passed that I've seen before include "overtaking?" , "Overtook and moved ahead" , "'Brought into effect, laws perhaps (6)'" , "Gone" , "Chose not to bid" .)