What news boss will do about Conservative decree (5)
I believe the answer is:
edict
'decree' is the definition.
(I know that decree can be written as edict)
'what news boss will do about conservative' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'boss' could be 'ed' (short for editor - newspaper boss) and 'ed' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'it' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for edict that I've seen before include "Decree, fiat" , "Legally binding command" , "Official order" , "Declaration" , "Regulation" .)