Influential people initially implicated after company write-off (7)
I believe the answer is:
colossi
'influential people' is the definition.
'colossi' can be an answer for 'people' (colossus is a kind of person). I am not sure about the 'influential' bit.
'initially implicated after company write-off' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'write-off' becomes 'loss' (financial loss).
The first letter of 'implicated' is 'i'.
'co'+'loss'='coloss'
'i' put after 'coloss' is 'COLOSSI'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for colossi that I've seen before include "big figures?" , "Powerful organisations" , "Huge statues" , "Powerful figures" , "Very large statues" .)