Lengthen scandal involving Mr Musk? (8)
I believe the answer is:
elongate
'lengthen' is the definition.
(I know that elongate is a more specific form of the action lengthen)
'scandal involving mr musk?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'scandal' could be 'gate' (as in Watergate and other formations) and 'gate' is present in the answer.
'mr' could be 'lon' and 'lon' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elongate that I've seen before include "Stretch lengthways" , "stretcher will do!" , "grow further" , "Draw out" , "Gone late oddly to extend" .)