Possible to PAUSE the physics engine?

Games
#1

I have a pause screen which (when invoked) sits on top of the game screen.

While the pause screen is visible I want the game to “freeze”. Can the physics engine be paused/suspended somewhow?
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#2 
physics.pause()
#3

Oh FFS!

thanks
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