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Slowly utter line at end of sketch (5)

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drawl

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'slowly utter' is the definition.
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'line at end of sketch' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'at end of' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go at the end of others).
'sketch' becomes 'draw' (to sketch is to draw).
'l' put after 'draw' is 'DRAWL'.

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(Other definitions for drawl that I've seen before include "Speak slowly and protractedly" , "Way of speaking slowly" , "manner of speaking" , "Speak with lengthy vowel sounds" , "Accent with slow and lazy delivery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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