Awakening memories of a track official from the south holding burning incense after losing heart (11)
I believe the answer is:
reminiscent
'awakening memories' is the definition.
'reminiscent' can be an answer for 'memories' (I have seen 'Stirring memories' mean 'reminiscent' so perhaps 'memories' could also mean 'reminiscent'). I'm unsure of the 'awakening' bit.
'a track official from the south holding burning incense after losing heart' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'track' could be 'scent' and 'scent' is present in the answer.
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reminiscent that I've seen before include "Stirring memories" , "Recalling" , "Suggestive of the past" , "Bringing back" , "Like Proust, perhaps" .)