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Spend a long time in corridor (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

passage

'corridor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'spend a long time' is the wordplay.
'spend' becomes 'pass' (synonyms).
'a long time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'pass'+'age'='PASSAGE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for passage that I've seen before include "Channel" , "Section of musical or literary work" , "Piece of text or music" , "Way through; sea journey" , "Alley - corridor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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