Twisted journalist supporting singular gang (7)
I believe the answer is:
screwed
'twisted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'journalist supporting singular gang' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'supporting' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'singular' becomes 's' (abbreviation sometimes used in dictionaries).
'gang' becomes 'crew' ('crew' can be a synonym of 'gang').
's'+'crew'='screw'
'ed' after 'screw' is 'SCREWED'.
(Other definitions for screwed that I've seen before include "Spoiled" , "Tightened - fastened (together)" , "Swindled; twisted into place" , "tight?" , "secured into position" .)