Criticise, though many may get to Paris on time (9)
I believe the answer is:
disparage
'criticise' is the definition.
(disparaging is a kind of criticising)
'many may get to paris on time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'many' could be 'd' (Roman numeral for 500) and 'd' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'paris' is 'ispar' which is present in the answer.
'time' could be 'age' (an age is a period of time) and 'age' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'though' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disparage that I've seen before include "Slight" , "I grasped a change to belittle" , "Run down" , "Scorn" , "Belittled" .)