In public, footballer Brooking is recalled right away (5)
I believe the answer is:
overt
'in public' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'footballer brooking is recalled right away' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'right' could be 'rt' and 'rt' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overt that I've seen before include "Obvious, patent" , "Open and candid" , "totally visible" , "Open and unconcealed" , "Patent, evident" .)