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Ban this crook liquor (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absinth

'liquor' is the definition.
(absinth is a kind of liquor)

'ban this crook' is the wordplay.
'crook' is an anagram indicator (a crooked or broken form of the letters).
'ban'+'this'='banthis'
'banthis' is an anagram of 'ABSINTH'.

(Other definitions for absinth that I've seen before include "Potent liqueur, originally made with wormwood" , "Strong liqueur with wormwood and anise" , "(Originally) a wormwood-based liqueur" , "Shrubby plant" , "Potent green aniseed-flavoured spirit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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