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Long to finished the day and get paid (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yearn

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'long' is the definition.
('yearn' can be a synonym of 'long')

'finished the day and get paid' is the wordplay.
'finished the day' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'get paid' becomes 'earn' (I've seen this before).
'y'+'earn'='YEARN'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for yearn that I've seen before include "Desire, want" , "Have an intense feeling of longing" , "Pant - pine" , "Have a great longing" , "Long (for something)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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