The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STRETCHY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STRETCHY
- Flexible period up to the beginning of Yule
- Easily drawn out with either side of ruler to make an impression in pen
- Way to gag Yankee with elastic
- Elastic cut during second attempt
- Flexible chest? Try exercise
- Prison sentence a year? Of variable length, perhaps
- Able to expand pigpen to accommodate cat
- Difficult task to find a piece of yellow elastic
- Sort of material that might extend, putting year on prison sentence
- Flexible prison sentence silly, ultimately
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What does STRETCHY mean?
STRETCHY adjective- Capable of stretching; elastic.
- Inclined to stretch, as from weariness.