Made long story short? (6)

I believe the answer is:

edited

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'made long story short?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for edited that I've seen before include "Prepared text for publication" , "Changed for going out" , "Prepared a paper" , "Changed text" , "Corrected" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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