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Turn regimen about and pause (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interregnum

'pause' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'turn regimen about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'turn'+'regimen'='turnregimen'
'turnregimen' anagrammed gives 'INTERREGNUM'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for interregnum that I've seen before include "Gap at the top" , "Period between successive reigns" , "Period between periods of normal rule" , "Period between rules" , "Leaderless period" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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