On retiring before remarkable night, naughty children can expect to receive this? (7)
I believe the answer is:
nothing
'naughty children can expect to receive this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'on retiring before remarkable night' is the wordplay.
'retiring' is a reversal indicator.
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'remarkable' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on' reversed gives 'no'.
'night' is an anagram of 'thing'.
'no'+'thing'='NOTHING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nothing that I've seen before include "Naught, nil, nix" , "Something of no concern" , "What's in a vacuum?" , "unimportant or > unintelligible" , "Naught, nowt, zilch" .)