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Pine trunk that's been felled, cut by Norway (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

long

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'pine' is the definition.
(to pine for something is to long for it)

'trunk that's been felled cut by norway' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'norway' could be 'n' and 'n' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'log' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for long that I've seen before include "bought in advance" , "to be tall" , "Protracted" , "Thus having been treated by stretcher, perhaps" , "die" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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