Horrid child circumventing prohibition in old part of Europe (7)

I believe the answer is:

brabant

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'old part of europe' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'horrid child circumventing prohibition' is the wordplay.
'horrid child' becomes 'brat'.
'circumventing' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (ban is a kind of prohibition).
'brat' going around 'ban' is 'BRABANT'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for brabant that I've seen is " Former duchy centred on Louvain".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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