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An area under prohibition for fruit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banana

'fruit' is the definition.
(banana is a kind of fruit)

'an area under prohibition' is the wordplay.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'under' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (ban is a kind of prohibition).
'an'+'a'='ana'
'ana' put after 'ban' is 'BANANA'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for banana that I've seen before include "Fruity type" , "Tropical yellow fruit" , "Small politically unstable country dominated by foreign companies" , "Fruit that comes in a bunch" , "Curved yellow fruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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