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They block things circling in his orbit (10)

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I believe the answer is:

inhibitors

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'they block' is the definition.
Although both the answer and 'block' are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun.

'circling in his orbit' is the wordplay.
'circling' indicates an anagram.
'in'+'his'+'orbit'='inhisorbit'
'inhisorbit' with letters rearranged gives 'INHIBITORS'.

'things' is the link.

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