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Cuts links with space station (5)

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docks

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'cuts' is the definition.
(docking is a kind of cutting)

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(Other definitions for docks that I've seen before include "Removes tail" , "Harbour" , "Cuts short, curtails" , "Reduces" , "Enclosures where defendants sit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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