Is there one Times journalist covering north and south? (7)
I believe the answer is:
attends
'is there one times journalist' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'covering north and south?' is the wordplay.
'covering' is an insertion indicator.
'north' becomes 'tte' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'south?' becomes 'S' (abbreviation).
'tte' put within 'and' is 'attend'.
'attend'+'s'='ATTENDS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for attends that I've seen before include "ministers" , "Appears" , "Listens" , "Pays attention" , "Heeds" .)