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Record major returning congestion (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

log jam

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'congestion' is the definition.
(log jam is a type of blockage)

'record major returning' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'log' (logging is a kind of recording).
'major' becomes 'maj' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'returning' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'maj' back-to-front is 'jam'.
'log'+'jam'='LOG-JAM'

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(Other definitions for log jam that I've seen before include "Deadlock; river blockage" , "A deadlock or work accumulation" , "standstill" , "A deadlock of wooden proportions" , "hindrance to progress" .)

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