Time-consuming (4)

I believe the answer is:

long

(Other definitions for long that I've seen before include "hunger" , "Thus having been treated by stretcher, perhaps" , "Protracted" , "dream" , "Really want" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and the Newsday.

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