Long time coming to the point (5)
I believe the answer is:
yearn
'long' is the definition.
(I know that yearn is a type of long)
'time coming to the point' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'year' (I've seen this in other clues).
'coming to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the point' becomes 'N' (N is an example).
'year'+'n'='YEARN'
(Other definitions for yearn that I've seen before include "Desire strongly" , "Ache, crave" , "Desire, want" , "Pant - pine" , "Long - pine" .)