Finish off ale in time, for a change (9)
I believe the answer is:
eliminate
'finish' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'ale in time for a change' is the wordplay.
'for a change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ale'+'in'+'time'='aleintime'
'aleintime' anagrammed gives 'ELIMINATE'.
'off' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eliminate that I've seen before include "defeat" , "Take out" , "Remove from contention" , "Annihilate" , "Wipe out" .)