Dashed into city, missing the lecture (8)
I believe the answer is:
harangue
'the lecture' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'dashed into city' is the wordplay.
'dashed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this in another clue).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'city' becomes 'Hague' (The Hague is a city in the Netherlands).
'ran' placed within 'hague' is 'HARANGUE'.
'missing' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for harangue that I've seen before include "Lecture aggressively" , "Loud angry speech" , "Declamation - lecture" , "Deliver a forceful speech" , "A lengthy vehement speech, may be abusive" .)