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Long story about English leader (5)

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yearn

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'long' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'story about english leader' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'yarn' (synonyms).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'english leader' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'yarn' enclosing 'e' is 'YEARN'.

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(Other definitions for yearn that I've seen before include "Desire strongly" , "Desire, want" , "Pant - pine" , "Mark of injury" , "Long (for something)" .)

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