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Old outlaw in Scottish town (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oban

'scottish town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'old outlaw' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'outlaw' becomes 'ban' (banning is a kind of outlawing).
'o'+'ban'='OBAN'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for oban that I've seen before include "Scottish town" , "Argyll and Bute resort" , "port required" , "Northern port" , "Scottish west coast resort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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