Charmed journalist after liking tip-off (9)
I believe the answer is:
enchanted
'charmed' is the definition.
('enchant' can be a synonym of 'charm')
'journalist after liking tip-off' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'liking' becomes 'penchant' (penchant is a kind of liking).
'tip-off' means to remove the first letter (one tip of the word is removed).
'penchant' with its first letter removed is 'enchant'.
'ed' put after 'enchant' is 'ENCHANTED'.
(Other definitions for enchanted that I've seen before include "Captivated" , "Delighted, charmed" , "delighted by spelling" , "Bewitched" , "Put under spell" .)