Recalls politicians after the Queen retires (9)
I believe the answer is:
remembers
'recalls' is the definition.
(I know this)
'politicians after the queen retires' is the wordplay.
'politicians' becomes 'members' (Members of Parliament).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'the queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'retires' says the letters should be written backwards.
'er' backwards is 're'.
'members' put after 're' is 'REMEMBERS'.
(Other definitions for remembers that I've seen before include "Recollects" , "Commemorates" , "Recalls from memory" , "Recalls to mind" , "Celebrates" .)