Media boss into underwear grabs Status Quo fans? (6,9)
I believe the answer is:
vested interests
'media boss' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'into underwear grabs status quo fans?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'into' could be 'in' and 'in' is found within the answer.
'underwear' could be 'vest' and 'vest' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for vested interests that I've seen is " groups hoping to gain advantage?".)