Cryptic crossword clue
Flying saucer’s given academician pause 7

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

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What does CAESURA mean?

CAESURA noun
  1. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
  2. (Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot.
  3. The caesura mark ‖ or
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  5. A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins.

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