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Stop Henry coming to the worst conclusion (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

halt

'stop' is the definition.
(halting is a kind of stopping)

'henry coming to the worst conclusion' is the wordplay.
'henry' becomes 'hal'.
'coming to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'conclusion' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'worst' is 't'.
'hal'+'t'='HALT'

(Other definitions for halt that I've seen before include "Limp; minor station" , "Small railway station" , "Stop; minor station" , "Stop, small station" , "Stop or pause" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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