Cryptic crossword clue
Small vegetable magnate giving a lecture?

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPEAKING

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Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "giving a lecture" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case giving a lecture = speaking.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SPEAKING mean?

SPEAKING adjective
  1. Used in speaking.
  2. Expressive; eloquent.
  3. Involving speaking.
  4. Having the ability of speech.
SPEAKING noun
  1. One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
  2. The act of communicating vocally.
  3. An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
SPEAKING verb
  1. To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
  2. To have a conversation.
  3. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
  4. To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
  5. To be able to communicate in a language.
  6. To utter.
  7. To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
  8. (sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language).
  9. To produce a sound; to sound.
  10. Of a bird, to be able to vocally reproduce words or phrases from a human language.
  11. To address; to accost; to speak to.

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