The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STOPPAGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result STOPPAGE
- Work quietly in phase? Then standstill
- Station messenger boy gets deduction from wages?
- Deduction in pay for refusal to work
- Prevent servant strike
- Industrial action disrupts postage, adding 1p
- Work quietly during theatre strike
- Shutdown is opposed in theatre
- Special front of a document, maybe, showing obstacle ?
- Kitty’s backing call for strike
- Fret over servant’s strike
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What does STOPPAGE mean?
STOPPAGE noun- A pause or halt of some activity.
- Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.