Instruction from Edward, head lowered in auction (9)
I believe the answer is:
education
'instruction' is the definition.
(I know that instruction can be written as education)
'edward head lowered in auction' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'edward' could be 'ed' (short for Edward) and 'ed' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'auction' is 'ucation' which is within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for education that I've seen before include "Cautioned (anag)" , "what may be completed by degrees" , "Academy's aim" , "Essential for children" , "Theory and practice of teaching" .)