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Brief
stops
Romeos
taking
forever
(8)
Brief stops Romeos taking forever (8)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
The definition is Brief stops — those short breaks mid-journey. For the wordplay, take LOVERS (your Romeos) and slot AY inside it (an old poetic word for "ever" or "forever"), and you get L(AY)OVERS.