Answer: ridder

AnswerCrossword Clue
RIDDER

Knight ... (newspaper publisher)

RIDDER

Freer.

RIDDER

Exterminator.

RIDDER
U.S. publishing family
RIDDER
Insecticide, e.g.
RIDDERKnight ... (former newspaper group)
RIDDERKnight's publishing partner
RIDDERKnight ... (former newspaper publisher)