Stupid journalist travels west, then north, south and east (5)
I believe the answer is:
dense
'stupid' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'journalist travels west then north south and east' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'travels west' is a reversal indicator.
'then north south' becomes 'ns' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'ed' backwards is 'de'.
'de'+'ns'+'e'='DENSE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dense that I've seen before include "Close knit" , "Stupid; compacted" , "Thick, compact or crowded" , "Stupid, crowded together" , "Not very bright" .)