Uninspired old head of BBC grasping pen? On the contrary (6)
I believe the answer is:
stodgy
'uninspired' is the definition.
(both can mean boring)
'old head of bbc grasping pen? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'old' could be 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'head of bbc' could be 'dg' (abbreviation for Director-General) and 'dg' is located in the answer.
'pen?' could be 'sty' (sty is a kind of pen) and 'sty' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for stodgy that I've seen before include "Boringly conventional" , "not easily assimilated" , "Indigestible" , "Like heavy and filling food" , "Heavy and unappetising" .)