Related Clues:

• Very happy to be associated with dropping introduction
• Delighted journalist after rejecting story
• Full of joy, but tardy, having missed start
• Hyped up, having told Republican to go away
• Very happy story backed by editor
• Exhilarated, highly excited
• Thrilled editor's about overdue
• Drink turned Eddie joyful
• Story gets backing — editor in high spirits
• Thrilled story comes back to journalist
• Happy journalist keeps missing the deadline?
• Very happy to be as one of the family but not the head of it
• Really happy
• In high spirits, editor about fantastic tale
• Kin could be this happy behind Republican