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Deadlock (7)

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<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deadlock</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that impasse is a type of deadlock)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for impasse that I've seen before include "nothing can be done" , "failure to progress" , "Unpromising situation" , "Deadlock or stand-off" , "No progress is possible in this type of situation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun, The Times, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The Guardian, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, the Universal, the Evening Standard and The New York Times.
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