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Ceases to accept deliveries incurring delays getting there? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stopovers

'delays getting there?' is the definition.
(delays on a journey)

'ceases to accept deliveries' is the wordplay.
'ceases' becomes 'stops' ('stop' can be a synonym of 'cease').
'to accept' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'deliveries' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before).
'stops' enclosing 'over' is 'STOPOVERS'.

'incurring' acts as a link.

(Another definition for stopovers that I've seen is " nights in different hotels?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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