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Didn't allow to be arrested (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stopped

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'be arrested' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'didn't allow to' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for stopped that I've seen before include "Prevented" , "gave up" , "Ceased, ended" , "What Terminator did" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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