| FIRSTCLASS | Brilliant 9am lecture, perhaps |
| DOODLE | Product of a dull lecture, perhaps |
| NODS | Misses some of the lecture, perhaps |
| NODOFF | React to a dull lecture, perhaps |
| BORED | Totally uninterested in a lecture, perhaps |
| HANDOUTS | Printouts or leaflets given, to accompany a lecture, perhaps (8) |
| MONOLOGUE | Lecture, perhaps, has Mike working with introduction, extracting press release |
| LAMBKIN | Pet name for children's 9am broadcast |
| REYNE | Kim Watkins' 9am co-host, David ... (5) |
| KIMWATKINS | David Reyne's 9am co-host (3,7) |
| MAXI | 9am to rise and dress (4) |
| OFFICEHOURS | 9am to 5pm, typically (6,5) |
| IRISHTIMES | You're looking at it at 8am in Dublin and 9am in Galway (5,5) |
| DAVIDREYNE | Ex-9am co-host with Kim Watkins (5,5) |
| MAXIMUM | Mother at 9am rises to do her level best (7) |
| TIERCE | The third canonical hour, around 9am; one-third of a pipe of wine; or, a fencer's third parrying position (6) |
| ENNUI | Lecture reaction, perhaps |
| HOUR | Lecture duration, perhaps |
| LANDOWNER | Prince Charles, perhaps, starts to lecture architects - numbingly dispiriting experience (9) |
| READA | "To -- lecture of them?": "Richard II" |
