Cryptic crossword clue
Exam’s ending with long, hard paper 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MACHE

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The straight part
We know that "hard paper" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hard paper = mache.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MACHE mean?

MACHE noun
  1. Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.
MACHE noun
  1. A former unit of volumic radioactivity: the quantity of radon (ignoring its daughters) per litre of air which ionizes a sustained current of 0.001 esu.
MACHE noun
  1. Glutinous rice balls flavoured with coconut and pandan.

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