Appalling tabloid's drawn in by spin (9)
I believe the answer is:
outraging
'appalling' is the definition.
('outrage' can be a synonym of 'appal')
'tabloid's drawn in by spin' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
'tabloid' could be 'rag' (informal term for a tabloid newspaper) and 'rag' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for outraging that I've seen is " infuriating".)