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Forbidden City's flattened structure (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tabula

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'flattened structure' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'forbidden city's' is the wordplay.
'forbidden' becomes 'tabu' (synonyms).
'city' becomes 'LA' (Los Angeles).
'tabu'+'la'='TABULA'

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(Other definitions for tabula that I've seen before include "- rasa means a clean slate in Latin" , "... rasa, a clean slate for a fresh start" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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