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Opposed to carrying on with no restrictions (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agin

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

'to carrying on with no restrictions' is the wordplay.
'to' becomes 'ag' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'carrying on' becomes 'continuing' ('continue' can be a synonym of 'carry on').
'with no restrictions' indicates the central letters.
The middle of 'continuing' is 'in'.
'ag'+'in'='AGIN'

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(Other definitions for agin that I've seen before include "Hostile to" , "Dialect form of against" , "Opposed to local" , "Not a fan of" , "Not in favour of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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