| INTERCEPTED | Stopped the progress of (eg, a missile) |
| INTERRUPTED | Stopped the progress of (11) |
| TRUSTEE | Member of the board of, eg, a charity |
| ELALAMEIN | Town near which Britain's Desert Rats stopped the advance of the Afrika Korps in its push toward the Suez canal |
| LASSOED | Stopped the flight of, as a calf |
| BOOMTOWN | A place that has prospered because of the arrival of e.g. a new industry (4,4) |
| SHORTCUT | A record of the address of e.g. a file to enable quick access in computing (5,3) |
| SHEERNESS | Verticality (of, eg, a cliff); town on Isle of Sheppey |
| REFERRAL | Passing on of, eg, a patient to a specialist |
| SOUBRETTE | Role of, eg, a maidservant in a play |
| LEAKAGE | Cause of drop in level of eg a lake possibly? (7) |
| ALBEDO | Measure of reflection (of, eg, a planet) |
| JOHNMALKOVICH | When an elderly tourist fell on a Toronto street in 2013, this actor stopped the flow of blood from his neck long enough for paramedics to arrive |
| SLEDGE | In 2020, Arts Minister Helen Whately stopped the export of a ____ and flag used by Shackleton in 1907 |
| STANCHED | Stopped the flow of, as blood |
| APPLIEDPRESSURE | Stopped the bleeding, in a way |
| DRAWNUP | Stopped The Guardian of Wordplay heading north? (5,2) |
| ARRESTED | Stopped the others going through a stop light |
| REMAINED | Stopped the chief among the deer returning (8) |
| LAIDTO | Stopped the ship by facing the wind |
