Shout about press chief with female associate (9)
I believe the answer is:
bedfellow
'associate' is the definition.
(bedfellow is a kind of associate)
'shout about press chief with female' is the wordplay.
'shout' becomes 'bellow' (bellow is a kind of shout**).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'press chief' becomes 'ed' (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'ed'+'f'='edf'
'bellow' placed around 'edf' is 'BEDFELLOW'.
(Other definitions for bedfellow that I've seen before include "Close associate or partner" , "Person slept with" , "Mate" , "Colleague" , "Partner (in the boudoir?)" .)