Late hour to send society girl back? (7)
I believe the answer is:
bedtime
'late hour' is the definition.
'bedtime' can be an answer for 'hour' (bedtime is a kind of hour). I'm not certain of the 'late' bit.
'send society girl back?' is the wordplay.
'send' becomes 'emit' (I've seen this before).
'society girl' becomes 'deb' (I've seen this in another clue).
'back?' says the letters should be written backwards (I've seen 'backed' mean this).
'emit'+'deb'='emitdeb'
'emitdeb' written backwards gives 'BEDTIME'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bedtime that I've seen before include "The hour for sleep" , "when story comes out?" , "Hour to retire" , "When someone retires" , "Lights out" .)