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Question one: What might be said to end a ride? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

whoa

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'might be said to end a ride?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'question one' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'who' (who is a question word).
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'who'+'a'='WHOA'

'what' is the link.

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(Other definitions for whoa that I've seen before include "The King of rock and roll" , "Opposite of "Giddy-up!"" , "Stop, Dobbin!" , "Command for horse to slow or stop" , "halt" .)

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