Make extended remix of metal song principally lacking energy (8)
I believe the answer is:
elongate
'make' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'extended remix of metal song principally lacking energy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'extended' could be 'long' (extended can mean longer than usual) and 'long' is present in the answer.
'metal' could be 'e' (E is an example) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'at' is a valid word 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, lengthen" , "Stretch, pull" , "Spread" , "Widen" , "Draw out" .)