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Interruption initially shocking leading boy attendant (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stoppage

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'interruption' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'initially shocking leading boy attendant' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'leading' becomes 'top' (both can mean first-class).
'boy attendant' becomes 'page' (page can mean a boy servant).
The first letter of 'shocking' is 's'.
's'+'top'+'page'='STOPPAGE'

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(Other definitions for stoppage that I've seen before include "Refusal to work" , "Onstruction in pipe or interruption in game" , "Mini-strike" , "break" , "action by strikers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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