For anyone working on “Obstruction”, this group of answers has been selected from published puzzles where the same or very close clue phrasing was already resolved using these terms.
Likely Answers:
- STOPPAGE
- ROADBLOCK
- BAR
- IMPEDIMENT
- BLOCKAGE
- HINDRANCE
- BARRICADE
- BARRIER
- CLOG
- OBSTACLE
- BLOCKADE
- AGE
- STONEWALLING
- DAM
- SNAG
Synonyms and Definitions
STOPPAGE
- Synonyms: arrest, block, blockage, check, closure, halt, hitch, occlusion, stay, stop
ROADBLOCK
- Synonyms: barricade, barrier
BAR
- Synonyms: banish, barroom, block off, block up, blockade, browning automatic rifle, cake, debar, exclude, ginmill, legal community, legal profession, measure, prevention, relegate, saloon, streak, stripe, taproom
IMPEDIMENT
- Synonyms: balk, baulk, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impedimenta, obstructer, obstructor
BLOCKAGE
- Synonyms: stoppage
HINDRANCE
- Synonyms: encumbrance, impediment, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive
BARRICADE
- Synonyms: bar, barricado, roadblock
CLOG
- Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog dance, clog dancing, clog up, clot, congest, constipate, foul, geta, overload, patten, sabot
- Definition: Shoes that typically have soles made of wood.
BLOCKADE
- Synonyms: embarrass, encirclement, hinder, obstruct, seal off, stymie, stymy
AGE
- Synonyms: eld, geezerhood, get on, historic period, long time, maturate, mature, old age, senesce, years
STONEWALLING
- Synonyms: stonewall
DAM
- Synonyms: dam up, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dike, dkm, dyke
SNAG
- Synonyms: hang-up, rent, rip, rub, split, tear