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Mark to pause, initially carrying bullets northwards (5)

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I believe the answer is:

comma

'mark to pause' is the definition.
(punctuation mark indicating a pause)

'initially carrying bullets northwards' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'bullets' becomes 'ammo' (I've seen this before).
'northwards' says the letters should be written in reverse (in a down clue, letters go up or 'north').
The first letter of 'carrying' is 'c'.
'ammo' in reverse letter order is 'omma'.
'c'+'omma'='COMMA'

(Other definitions for comma that I've seen before include ", which gives us pause" , "Punctuation mark indicating slight pause" , "Puncuation mark" , "its use may be divisive" , "Brief stop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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