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A measure used to ban pet loos, perhaps (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tablespoon

'a measure' is the definition.
(tablespoon is a kind of measure)

'to ban pet loos perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'ban'+'pet'+'loos'='banpetloos'
'banpetloos' with letters rearranged gives 'TABLESPOON'.

'used' is the link.

(Other definitions for tablespoon that I've seen before include "Piece of cutlery" , "server" , "One serves with this" , "Item of cutlery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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