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End of stay after prison sentence able to be lengthened (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stretchy

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'able to be lengthened' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'end of stay after prison sentence' is the wordplay.
'end of' says to take the final letters.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'prison sentence' becomes 'stretch' (I've seen this in another clue).
The last letter of 'stay' is 'y'.
'y' after 'stretch' is 'STRETCHY'.

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(Other definitions for stretchy that I've seen before include "Of variable length, perhaps" , "Flexible" , "Elastic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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