Block The Passage So To Speak Crossword Clue

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	noun • a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes • (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches verb • obstruct deliberately by delaying
	24%	5		A swage block is a large, heavy block of metal with various shapes and forms used as an anvil
	noun • a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging verb • form metals with a swage
	24%	4		They may block passage
	noun • used to express negation adverb • not this merely but also; not only so but

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The Guardian Cryptic27 Feb 2004	Across 19
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	Clue	Source
1	A barrier often made of wood or metal used to block or obstruct passage
2	A swage block is a large, heavy block of metal with various shapes and forms used as an anvil
3	Block passage of New York Times - 14 May 2011	New York Times / 14 May 2011
4	Ones working block by block? New York Times - 01 Aug 2021	New York Times / 01 Aug 2021
5	They may block passage New York Times - 24 Sep 2017	New York Times / 24 Sep 2017
6	What writer's block may block New York Times - 27 Mar 2011	New York Times / 27 Mar 2011
7	Word, thought to have been introduced by Flemish workmen, for a baked, fired or sun-dried building block of clay; a loaf of bread; a toy wooden block thus shaped; or, a red or deep terracotta colour Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 27 May 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 27 May 2023

Dilatory tactic
Capitol Hill talkathon
Delay legislation
Legislative tactic
Capitol Hill ploy
Intransigent senator's tactic
Horse-breaker, so to speak, delays proceedings

Waste time by making long speeches
Speak at length to obstruct parliamentary proceedings
Loud and burliest one, possibly, to speak at length against the law
Young horse, say, with horse-breaker to produce delaying action
Delaying tactic to obstruct legislation
One with reserve retiring amid strain, delaying procedure
Obstruction tactic, if burliest characters are drunk

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