Crossword puzzle clue "it's been known to stop traffic"

It's been known to stop traffic

Like traffic in a traffic jam

This, for example: "Some traffic jam, huh?" "Yeah." "How long we been here?" "Too long!" " 'Rush hour' ... go figure."

"It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like ___"

"If he had been forgotten, it had been as ___ in our great feast": Lady Macbeth

"Thou shouldst not have been old till thou __ been wise": "King Lear"

"Been better, been worse"

"Been better, been worse"