Abandon local small French vineyard heading for bankruptcy (5)

I believe the answer is:

scrub

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'abandon' is the definition.
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'local small french vineyard heading for bankruptcy' is the wordplay.
'local small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size. I am not sure about the 'local' bit.**).
'french vineyard' becomes 'cru' (I've seen this before).
'heading for' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'bankruptcy' is 'b'.
's'+'cru'+'b'='SCRUB'

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(Other definitions for scrub that I've seen before include "Area of dense stunted vegetation" , "Clean with hard brush and soapy water" , "Clean thoroughly - cancel" , "Cancel (informal)" , "Cancel (colloq)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).

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