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Stay there and you won't miss the bus! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stop

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'stay' is the definition.
(I know that stay can be written as stop)

'there and you won't miss the bus' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sop' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for stop that I've seen before include "set of organ pipes" , "break" , "Withhold large amount raised" , "Stay" , "Finished" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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