Talk of past crimes in Egyptian capital maybe (9)
I believe the answer is:
reminisce
'talk of past' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'crimes in egyptian capital maybe' is the wordplay.
'capital' indicates taking the first letters.
'maybe' indicates an anagram.
The initial letter of 'egyptian' is 'e'.
'crimes'+'in'+'e'='crimesine'
'crimesine' with letters rearranged gives 'REMINISCE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reminisce that I've seen before include "Indulge in recollection" , "Cast mind back over old times" , "Recount memories" , "reflect" , "talk about the old days" .)