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They prevent young attendants from continuing (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stoppages

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'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...

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(Other definitions for stoppages that I've seen before include "industrial action" , "Amounts deducted from wages" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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