Refined female newspaper boss disturbed by photo (9)
I believe the answer is:
distilled
'refined' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'female newspaper boss disturbed by photo' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'di' (short for Diana).
'newspaper boss' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'disturbed by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters disrupt or disturb the word).
'photo' becomes 'still' (still is a kind of photo).
'di'+'ed'='died'
'died' going around 'still' is 'DISTILLED'.
(Other definitions for distilled that I've seen before include "produced whisky" , "Brewed" .)