Reminder government's totally exposed (5)
I believe the answer is:
nudge
'reminder' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'government's totally exposed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'government' could be 'g' and 'g' is located in the answer.
'exposed' could be 'nude' (I've seen this before) and 'nude' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nudge that I've seen before include "Dig with elbow" , "suggestive move" , "Give a reminder" , "A gentle reminder?" , "Poke gently with elbow" .)