University lecturer interrupting enthusiastic reception for part of cycle (9)
I believe the answer is:
ovulation
'part of cycle' is the definition.
'university lecturer interrupting enthusiastic reception' is the wordplay.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'lecturer' becomes 'l'.
'interrupting' is an insertion indicator.
'enthusiastic reception' becomes 'ovation' (I've seen this before).
'u'+'l'='ul'
'ul' inserted into 'ovation' is 'OVULATION'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for ovulation that I've seen before include "monthly occurrence" , "delivery of eggs" , "monthly process" .)