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Banning the French women taking part in excursion (9)

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I believe the answer is:

outlawing

'banning' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the french women taking part in excursion' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' (one of the French words for 'the').
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'taking part in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'excursion' becomes 'outing' (synonyms).
'la'+'w'='law'
'law' placed within 'outing' is 'OUTLAWING'.

(Another definition for outlawing that I've seen is " Banning".)

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