Chief rows highlighted in the press (9)
I believe the answer is:
headlines
'highlighted in the press' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'chief rows' is the wordplay.
'chief' becomes 'head' (synonyms).
'rows' becomes 'lines' (I've seen this in another clue).
'head'+'lines'='HEADLINES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for headlines that I've seen before include "Starts of newspaper articles" , "is star performer" , "Newspaper features" , "Captions of newspaper articles" , "linked with furrowed brows?" .)