### Clue: Engaged again; calmly submissive (8)
### Answer: RESIGNED 
 ### Explanation: Definition: calmly submissive
  RE-SIGNED(with the hyphen, could mean to sign on again,engaged again, as in "P is not re-signing with his football club, …").
Answer: Without the hyphen, calmly submissive,accepting without resistance, as in "…and the club is resigned to it."