Flexible dialect, east variety (11)

I believe the answer is:

elasticated

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'flexible' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can occasionally mean the same thing.

'dialect east variety' is the wordplay.
'variety' indicates an anagram.
'dialect'+'east'='dialecteast'
'dialecteast' anagrammed gives 'ELASTICATED'.

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(Other definitions for elasticated that I've seen before include "Stretchy" , "As knickers may be" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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