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Punctuation mark used to indicate a pause intermediate in length between that of a comma and a full stop (9)

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I believe the answer is:

semicolon

(Other definitions for semicolon that I've seen before include "used by writers for a break" , "Joiner" , "Item of punctuation" , "Punctuation mark denoting a pause in a sentence" , "half a stop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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