Yearn for quite a while? (4)
I believe the answer is:
long
'yearn' is the definition.
(I know that long is a is a more specific form of the action of yearn)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for long that I've seen before include "Pant" , "Thus having been treated by stretcher, perhaps" , "summer break?" , "Sustained" , "Protracted" .)