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Recalled fifth article about Royal Institution’s distinguished fellows (7)

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I believe the answer is:

emeriti

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'institution's distinguished fellows' is the definition.
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'recalled fifth article about royal' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'royal' could be 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina) and 'er' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for emeriti that I've seen before include "old academics" , "honoured predecessors?" , "Former academics" , "Eg, retired professors" , "Retired title-holders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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