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Do stop or crash into the jamb (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doorpost

'the jamb' is the definition.
(doorpost is a kind of jamb)

'do stop or crash' is the wordplay.
'crash' indicates an anagram.
'stop'+'or'='stopor'
'stopor' with letters rearranged gives 'orpost'.
'do'+'orpost'='DOORPOST'

'into' is the link.

(Other definitions for doorpost that I've seen before include "Upright part of entrance frame" , "Jamb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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