Asian banker’s application not given to judge (5)

I believe the answer is:

indus

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'asian banker's' is the definition.
(a river, ie something with 'banks')

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for indus that I've seen before include "Largest river of Pakistan" , "Asian runner" , "River giving its name to an early civilisation" , "River rising in Tibet" , "9 of Pakistan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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