### Clue: Wrong game rejected by FT chief – became very agonised (8)
### Answer: TORTURED 
 ### Explanation: Definition: became very agonised
 TORT(a wrongful act for which a civil suit may be brought) + **reversal of**(… rejected) RU(abbrev. for the game of Rugby Union) **plus**(by) ED( abbrev. for "editor", say, of a newspaper like the FT).