Make extended remix of metal song principally lacking energy (8)
I believe the answer is:
elongate
'make' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'extended remix of metal song principally lacking energy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'extended' could be 'long' (extended can mean longer than usual) and 'long' is found within the answer.
'metal' could be 'e' (E is an example) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'at' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elongate that I've seen before include "Stretch, lengthen" , "Stretch, pull" , "Spread" , "Widen" , "Draw out" .)