Standstill (7)

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impasse

'standstill' is the definition.
(I know that standstill can be written as impasse)

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(Other definitions for impasse that I've seen before include "failure to progress" , "Situation in which progress is impossible" , "Standstill" , "hopeless situation?" , "'Deadlock, stalemate (7)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune.

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