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Condemnation for resettling in tropics (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

proscription

'condemnation' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'for resettling in tropics' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'pro' (as in being 'pro' or in favour of something).
'resettling' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'resettled' mean this (letters must be resettled in a new order)).
'in'+'tropics'='intropics'
'intropics' is an anagram of 'scription'.
'pro'+'scription'='PROSCRIPTION'

(Another definition for proscription that I've seen is " Ban".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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