College lecturer breaking into a gift (8)
I believe the answer is:
donation
'gift' is the definition.
(I know that gift can be written as donation)
'college lecturer breaking into a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'lecturer' could be 'don' (don can mean an academic) and 'don' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'into' is 'tion' which is located in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for donation that I've seen before include "Gift or contribution" , "present" , "An offering or charitable gift" , "presentation" , "Do anoint by way of a gift" .)