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Popular meeting place, usually a bar (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

injunction

'usually a bar' is the definition.
(an injunction is a legal block or bar)

'popular meeting place' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'place' becomes 'junction' (junction is a kind of place).
'in'+'junction'='INJUNCTION'

(Another definition for injunction that I've seen is " Order".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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