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Continue stink about part being cut (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prolong

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'continue' is the definition.
(I know that continue is a is a kind of of prolong)

'stink about part being cut' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic) and 'on' is located in the answer.
'being' could be 'pro' (pro is a kind of being) and 'pro' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for prolong that I've seen before include "Perpetuate" , "Make last" , "Have extended" , "String out" , "Lengthen in duration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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