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Stall the pair patrolling entrance to Olympia (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

booth

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'stall' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'the pair patrolling entrance to olympia' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
'pair' could be 'oo' (resembles 00, a pair of ducks in cricket) and 'oo' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for booth that I've seen before include "Stand < and stall" , "Kiosk" , "Space for voting, phoning, etc" , "Market stall - Lincoln's assassin" , "Stall at fair or market" .)

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