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Deadlock (7)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deadlock</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that impasse is a type of deadlock)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for impasse that I've seen before include "nothing can be done" , "failure to progress" , "Unpromising situation" , "Deadlock or stand-off" , "No progress is possible in this type of situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph, the Universal, The Sun, the Evening Standard, the Penny Press, the King Feature Syndicate, The Star Tribune, The New York Times and The Guardian.
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