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Medium drops editor about speaker for a temporary ban (10)

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I believe the answer is:

moratorium

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'a temporary ban' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'medium drops editor about speaker' is the wordplay.
'drops' is a deletion indicator.
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'speaker' becomes 'orator' (orator is a kind of speaker).
'medium' with 'ed' taken out is 'mium'.
'mium' going around 'orator' is 'MORATORIUM'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for moratorium that I've seen before include "Agreed pause in activity" , "Temporary halt in activity" , "agreed postponement" , "Legal delay" , "Prohibition" .)

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