Strong return of Queen implied penning single (9)
I believe the answer is:
resilient
'strong' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'return of queen implied penning single' is the wordplay.
'return of' is a reversal indicator.
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'implied' becomes 'silent' ('silent' can be a synonym of 'implied').
'penning' is an insertion indicator.
'single' becomes 'i' (one).
'er' back-to-front is 're'.
'silent' going around 'i' is 'silient'.
're'+'silient'='RESILIENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for resilient that I've seen before include "Rebounding from impact" , "quick to bounce back" , "recovering easily from shock" , "Rebounding quickly" , "bouncing back" .)