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Such a protracted time to say goodbye (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

solong

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'time to say goodbye' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'such a protracted' is the wordplay.
'such' becomes 'so'.
'a protracted' becomes 'long' (I've seen this before).
'so'+'long'='SOLONG'

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