Stretched and felt another twinge? (7)
I believe the answer is:
reached
'stretched' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'felt another twinge?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'felt' could be 'ached' (aching is a kind of feeling) and 'ached' is found in the answer.
'another' could be 're' (I've seen this in other clues) and 're' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reached that I've seen before include "Attained" , "Stretched or arrived" , "Cad here (anag.)" , "Came to (a place)" .)