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Stop or pass on (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

colon

'stop' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pass on' is the wordplay.
'pass' becomes 'col' (col is a term for a mountain pass).
'col'+'on'='COLON'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for colon that I've seen before include "Punctuation mark; gut" , "Panamanian port" , "Stop (less than full)" , "Part of the intestine - punctuation mark" , "Part of body; two dots" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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