Worried editor supporting people in wrong (9)
I believe the answer is:
tormented
'worried' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'editor supporting people in wrong' is the wordplay.
'editor' becomes 'ed'.
'supporting' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'people' becomes 'men' (man is a kind of person).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'wrong' becomes 'tort' (legal term**).
'men' placed within 'tort' is 'torment'.
'ed' put after 'torment' is 'TORMENTED'.
(Other definitions for tormented that I've seen before include "Caused to suffer" , "Worried" , "Angst-ridden" , "Distressed" , "Made to suffer" .)