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Club fighter to prohibit a man of beastly nature (7)

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I believe the answer is:

caliban

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'a man of beastly nature' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'club fighter to prohibit' is the wordplay.
'club' becomes 'c' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'fighter' becomes 'ali' (boxer Muhammad Ali).
'to prohibit' becomes 'ban' (banning is a kind of prohibiting).
'c'+'ali'+'ban'='CALIBAN'

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(Other definitions for caliban that I've seen before include "Brutish man named in Shakespeare's Tempest" , "Role in The Tempest" , "Character in The Tempest" , "Literary character" , "Shakespeare character" .)

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