Love poetry for adults only – news boss in need of a lot of it (9)
I believe the answer is:
oversexed
'need of a lot of it' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'love poetry for adults only news boss' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'poetry' becomes 'verse' (lines written in verse).
'for adults only' becomes 'x' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'news boss' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'o'+'verse'+'x'+'ed'='OVERSEXED'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for oversexed that I've seen is " Rather too libidinous".)