Lectured one remiss sadly over daughter (10)
I believe the answer is:
sermonised
'lectured' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs, they are not in the same form of the verb.
'one remiss sadly over daughter' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'one'+'remiss'='oneremiss'
'oneremiss' is an anagram of 'sermonise'.
'sermonise'+'d'='SERMONISED'
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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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