List politician is circulating (8)
I believe the answer is:
rotatory
'circulating' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'list politician' is the wordplay.
'list' becomes 'rota' (rota is a kind of list).
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
'rota'+'tory'='ROTATORY'
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rotatory that I've seen before include "Turning like a wheel" , "Going round" , "Revolutionary" , "circular route?" , "Associated with spinning" .)