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Unduly protracted line about disease consuming Haggard (4-5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

long-drawn-out

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'unduly protracted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'line about disease consuming haggard' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'line' could be 'draw' (synonyms) and 'draw' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic) and 'on' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for long-drawn-out that I've seen before include "Unduly protracted" , "Unduly extended" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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