Official chooses to ignore top reviews (8)
I believe the answer is:
reflects
'reviews' is the definition.
(review can mean to reflect on something)
'official chooses to ignore top' is the wordplay.
'official' becomes 'ref' (match official in football, say).
'chooses' becomes 'elects' (electing is a kind of choosing).
'to ignore top' means to remove the first letter.
'elects' with its first letter taken away is 'lects'.
'ref'+'lects'='REFLECTS'
(Other definitions for reflects that I've seen before include "Mirrors or ponders" , "Mirrors or meditates" , "Mulls over" , "Throws back an image" , "Thinks deeply like mirror?" .)