The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STRETCH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STRETCH
- Way to gag bird
- Tax period
- Porridge makes good person strain so as to be sick
- Term of imprisonment for unfortunate person overheard on street
- Sentence to carve below stone head of repository
- Heave supporting stone for a period
- Extend length of bird
- Street artist might do this over royal extension
- Extend sentence
- Test saint, poor soul without wife
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The straight part
We know that "period" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case period = stretch.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STRETCH mean?
STRETCH noun- An act of stretching.
- The ability to lengthen when pulled.
- A course of thought which diverts from straightforward logic, or requires extraordinary belief or exaggeration.
- A segment of a journey or route.
- A segment or length of material.
- A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.
- A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.
- Term of address for a tall person.
- The homestretch, the final straight section of the track leading to the finish.
- A length of time.
- A stretch limousine.
- To lengthen by pulling.
- To lengthen when pulled.
- To pull tight.
- To get more use than expected from a limited resource.
- To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- To extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.
- To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles
- To extend to a limit point
- To increase.
- To stretch the truth; to exaggerate.
- To sail by the wind under press of canvas.
- To execute by hanging.
- To make great demands on the capacity or resources of something.