Cryptic crossword clue
Detains at stalls 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ARRESTS

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What does ARRESTS mean?

ARRESTS noun
  1. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
  2. The condition of being stopped, standstill.
  3. The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
  4. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
  5. A device to physically arrest motion.
  6. The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
  7. Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
  8. A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
ARRESTS verb
  1. To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
  2. To stay, remain.
  3. To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
  4. To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
  5. To catch the attention of.
  6. To undergo cardiac arrest.

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