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Left early to start prohibition about the country (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lebanon

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'the country' is the definition.
(Lebanon is an example)

'left early to start prohibition about' is the wordplay.
'left early' becomes 'le' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'to start' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (ban is a kind of prohibition).
'about' becomes 'on' (a book about x is on x).
'le'+'ban'+'on'='LEBANON'

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(Other definitions for lebanon that I've seen before include "far from home here" , "Ban Noel from the country" , "Country N. of Israel" , "Beirut's country" , "Middle Eastern country" .)

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