Journalist completes review as Spurs get beaten (9)
I believe the answer is:
surpassed
'beaten' is the definition.
(surpassing is a kind of beating)
'journalist completes review as spurs' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'completes' says to put letters next to each other (finalises the answer by going on the end).
'review' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'spurs'='asspurs'
'asspurs' with letters rearranged gives 'surpass'.
'ed' put after 'surpass' is 'SURPASSED'.
'get' is the link.
(Other definitions for surpassed that I've seen before include "beaten" , "capped" , "outclassed" , "Outdid" .)