Censure son getting in after the agreed time (5)
I believe the answer is:
slate
'censure son getting' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'after the agreed time' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'slae' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slate that I've seen before include "Blast" , "Stone used for roofing" , "Grey metamorphic rock" , "Rubbish" , "Criticise harshly" .)