A disc came out for lecturers (9)
I believe the answer is:
academics
'lecturers' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'a disc came out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'disc'+'came'='disccame'
'disccame' anagrammed gives 'cademics'.
'a'+'cademics'='ACADEMICS'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for academics that I've seen before include "scholars" , "Educators at college or university" .)