The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DURATION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DURATION
- Time taken spreading it around
- Fluid around it the whole time
- Time taken to move around it
- Stretch half of duck portion
- Length of time around it varied
- Fraction split tax period
- ‘Time’ ultimately granted uniform allowance
- Dull colour’s kept in proportion the last time?
- I do a turn, being funny for a time
- It’s boring, not half, helping for a time
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The straight part
We know that "Stretch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stretch = duration.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does DURATION mean?
DURATION noun- An amount of time or a particular time interval.
- (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
- A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.