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The Clue

Discontinue for now (7 letter answer)

The Answer

SUSPEND

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Notes

The answer SUSPEND is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.

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Delay; withhold
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Definition

SUSPEND as a verb:

1. hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
2. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
3. (suspend, debar) = bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
4. (freeze, suspend) = stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
5. (suspend, set aside) = make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
6. render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"