Area under water in southeast a British journalist follows (6)
I believe the answer is:
seabed
'area under water' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'southeast a british journalist follows' is the wordplay.
'southeast' becomes 'SE' (synonyms).
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'follows' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'se'+'a'+'b'+'ed'='SEABED'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seabed that I've seen before include "Bottom of the ocean" , "marine base" , "Debase (anag)" , "Davy Jones's locker" , "The ocean floor, not for sleeping" .)