Think again about idiots in press getting rid of extremists (8)
I believe the answer is:
reassess
'think again' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'idiots in press getting rid of extremists' is the wordplay.
'idiots in press' becomes 'assess' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'rid' becomes 'relieve' (relieving is a kind of ridding).
'of extremists' means to remove the middle letters (I've seen 'extremists' mean this).
'relieve' with its middle removed is 're'.
'assess' put after 're' is 'REASSESS'.
'about' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reassess that I've seen before include "Form new opinion" , "Re-evaluate" , "Make another appraisal" , "Make a further judgement" , "evaluate anew" .)