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Extended lavish picnic, perhaps? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

outspread

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'extended' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'lavish picnic perhaps?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'picnic' could be 'spread' (a spread of food) and 'spread' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'out' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for outspread that I've seen before include "Wide apart" , "Fully extended" , "Scattered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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