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Indicates they miss most of the stops (9)

Ross

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expresses

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'stops' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
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(Other definitions for expresses that I've seen before include "Trains" , "voices" , "'Conveys, articulates (9)'" , "States" .)

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