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Discuss when the lecture's finished (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talk over

'discuss' is the definition.
(I know that discuss is a more specific form of address)

'the lecture's finished' is the wordplay.
'the lecture' becomes 'talk' (talk is a kind of lecture).
'finished' becomes 'over' (over can mean finished or ended).
'talk'+'over'='TALK OVER'

'when' is the link.

(Other definitions for talk over that I've seen before include "Discuss" , "Consider together - persuade" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and the Evening Standard.
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