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Stretched to half a week by the Editor (4)

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eked

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'stretched to' is the definition.
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'half a week by the editor' is the wordplay.
'half a' suggests halving the letters.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the editor' becomes 'ed'.
'week' with half the letters taken is 'ek'.
'ek'+'ed'='EKED'

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(Other definitions for eked that I've seen before include "Lengthened; supplemented" , "Added to scantly" , "- - out: increased" , "... out, made to last through frugality" , "Made, a living say, laboriously" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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