Long suffering, it’s implied, on the Strand? (7)
I believe the answer is:
beached
'long suffering' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'implied on the strand?' is the wordplay.
'implied' becomes 'ed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the strand?' becomes 'beach' (I've seen this before).
'ed' put after 'beach' is 'BEACHED'.
'it's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for beached that I've seen before include "landed ashore" , "like a fish out of water" , "unable to move?" , "High and dry" .)