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Heard Spooner guided physician in an impasse (8)

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deadlock

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(Other definitions for deadlock that I've seen before include "Impasse, standoff" , "Stalemate - impasse" , "Situation from which no progress can be made" , "tie" , "Something opened by a key - stalemate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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