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Private area's security measures no good (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loins

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'private area's' is the definition.
'loins' can be an answer for 'area's' (loins is a kind of area). I am not sure about the 'private' bit.

'security measures no good' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'measures' could be 'ins' (in is a kind of measure) and 'ins' is located in the answer.
'no' could be 'o' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero') and 'o' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for loins that I've seen before include "part of body" , "Lunchbox" , "Region between lower ribs and hip bones" , "butcher's most tender cuts" , "Gird one's - -" .)

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