Enduring crook oddly lying about (8)
I believe the answer is:
lifelong
'enduring' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'crook oddly lying about' is the wordplay.
'crook' becomes 'felon' (synonyms).
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
The alternating letters of 'lying' are 'lig'.
'felon' placed within 'lig' is 'LIFELONG'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lifelong that I've seen before include "Till death" , "Lasting from birth to death" , "serious custodial sentence" , "with no possibility of release" , "Birth-to-death" .)