### Clue: Patronise lecture by Spooner's municipal party? (4,4,2)
### Answer: TALK DOWN TO 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Patronise
 TALK(an informal lecture/speech) **plus**(by) **Spoonerism of**(Spooner's) ["town"(municipal/relating to a town) "do"(a party/a social function) ].