They prevent young attendants from continuing (9)
I believe the answer is:
stoppages
'they' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'prevent young attendants from continuing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'prevent' could be 'stop' (stopping is a kind of preventing) and 'stop' is found in the answer.
'attendants' could be 'pages' (page is a kind of attendant) and 'pages' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stoppages that I've seen before include "industrial action" , "Amounts deducted from wages" .)