Scrutinised bug placed by news boss receiving pressure (9)
I believe the answer is:
inspected
'scrutinised bug' is the definition.
'inspected' can be an answer for 'scrutinised' ('inspect' can be a synonym of 'scrutinize'). I'm unsure of the 'bug' bit.
'placed by news boss receiving pressure' is the wordplay.
'placed by' becomes 'insect' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'news boss' becomes 'ed' (I've seen this in other clues).
'receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'insect'+'ed'='insected'
'insected' placed around 'p' is 'INSPECTED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inspected that I've seen before include "Checked out" , "Looked over carefully" , "Scrutinised, audited" , "Officially examined" , "Examined carefully" .)