Occasionally employed by rival newspaper? (2,5)
I believe the answer is:
at times
'occasionally' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'employed by rival newspaper?' is the wordplay.
'employed by' becomes 'at' (employed at a certain job).
'rival newspaper?' becomes 'times' (The Times is an example. I am not sure about the 'rival' bit.).
'at'+'times'='AT TIMES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for at times that I've seen before include "Not always" , "Where our editor is" , "In the office" , "Every so often" , "Where some journalists work" .)