Stretched out (4)
'stretched out' is the definition.
('extend' can be a synonym of 'stretch out')
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for extended that I've seen before include "Reached out for next deed" , "Lengthy" , "Stretched; offered" , "Protracted, elongated" , "Prolonged, lengthened" .)
'stretched out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for eked that I've seen before include "- - out: increased" , "Added to scantly" , "... out, made to last through frugality" , "Lengthened; supplemented" , "Made, a living say, laboriously" .)