The present time? (9)
'the present time?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'present time?' is the wordplay.
'present' becomes 'yule' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'time?' becomes 'tide' (suffix meaning time eg Yuletide).
'yule'+'tide'='YULETIDE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for yuletide that I've seen before include "Old word for the Christmas festival - a log is named after it" , "festive period" , "time for feast" , "in depths of winter" , "Christmastime" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the present time</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(now means at the present time)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for now that I've seen before include "The present moment" , "At this moment in time" , "At the present time" , "At present, this instant" , "Today" .)
'the present time?' is the definition.
(time for giving and receiving presents)
'the present time?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'time?' could be 'hr' (short for hour) and 'hr' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for christmas that I've seen before include "see 11" , "Dickens's seasonal song" , "SECOND PART OF 1 ACROSS" , "Christian holiday" , "The festive season harms tics, oddly" .)