Recognise a Conservative has awareness (11)
I believe the answer is:
acknowledge
'recognise' is the definition.
('acknowledge' can be a synonym of 'recognize')
'a conservative has awareness' is the wordplay.
'a conservative has' becomes 'ac' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'awareness' becomes 'knowledge' (I've seen this before).
'ac'+'knowledge'='ACKNOWLEDGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for acknowledge that I've seen before include "Confess" , "Indicate obligation to" , "Admit - recognise - thank" , "Admit the truth of (something)" , "Express thanks for" .)