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Father may avail himself of temporary cessation (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pause

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'temporary cessation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'father may avail himself' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'father' could be 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father) and 'pa' is located in the answer.
'avail' could be 'use' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'use' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pause that I've seen before include "Temporary cessation" , "Short delay" , "Halt briefly" , "Stop briefly, take ten" , "Kick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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