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Bans bream when cooked with leaves (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

embargoes

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

'bream when cooked with leaves' is the wordplay.
'when cooked' is an anagram indicator.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'leaves' becomes 'goes' (I've seen this in another clue).
'bream' anagrammed gives 'embar'.
'embar'+'goes'='EMBARGOES'

(Other definitions for embargoes that I've seen before include "Bans" , "Stops" , "Trade barriers" .)

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