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Georgia and Edward under curfew (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gated

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

'georgia and edward' is the wordplay.
'georgia' becomes 'GA' (abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'ga'+'ted'='GATED'

(Other definitions for gated that I've seen before include "deprived of liberty for a while" , "Kept in as punishment" , "temporarily confined" , "Barred from leaving" , "Forbidden to leave college" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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