As Lorus only ever gives clues and letter counts and has never as far as i can remember given patterns as requested I think it's pretty likely that E............d (8) is the clue. It's the sort of clue RTE gives sometimes. Extended looks like teh answer to me ("elongated" is , erm, too long)
Lorus, to avoid any confusion and to stop the "do you have any letters please" queries then I suggest you either give a known pattern or make it clear you don't have any letters- just a simple "sorry, no letters"