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haras2 | 20:12 Wed 13th Mar 2024 | Crosswords
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23 down Mostly arrest snoopers (5)

From other clues, I think it must be STASI ,but I can't see how 

Vlad gets it. Can some genius enlighten me please 🤔

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Stasi(s) (arrest)

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Sorry to be so dim, scorpiojo, but I think of Stasis as a state of

equilibrium, so I can't get from there to Arrest   :- (

Check stasis as in physiology

Stasi is the abbreviated form of name of the former East German secret police. The full name is Staatssicherheitsdienst.

It arrests/stops the flow of ...

2. Medicine Stoppage of the normal flow of a body substance, as of blood through an artery or of intestinal contents through the bowels

In Chambers,  'arrest' is the second word in the definition of 'stasis' (the first is 'cessation')...

No idea why I've gone shooting out of the box!

Weird.

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Thank you very much, one and all 😄

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