Parent brought up clothing in lecture (7)
I believe the answer is:
address
'lecture' is the definition.
(address a speech to an audience)
'parent brought up clothing' is the wordplay.
'parent' becomes 'da' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'brought up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up).
'clothing' becomes 'dress' (dress is a kind of clothing).
'da' back-to-front is 'ad'.
'ad'+'dress'='ADDRESS'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for address that I've seen before include "Attend" , "Speak to at home?" , "One's postal residence." , "hail maybe?" , "Form of identification for building" .)