Allowed papers after university dons agreed special Times (9)

'special times' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to time as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'allowed papers after university dons agreed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'allowed' could be 'let' (to let is to allow or permit) and 'let' is found within the answer.
'papers' could be 'id' (short for identification papers) and 'id' is located in the answer.
'university' could be 'u' (abbreviation for university) and 'u' is present in the answer.
'agreed' could be 'yes' ('agreed' can mean 'yes') and 'yes' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?