Give the players the wrong time? (10)
I believe the answer is:
misconduct
'give the players' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'wrong time?' is the wordplay.
'wrong' becomes 'mis' (similar in meaning).
'time?' becomes 'conduct' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mis'+'conduct'='MISCONDUCT'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misconduct that I've seen before include "Improper behaviour" , "Immorality" , "wrongdoing" , "Bad behaviour" .)