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Prohibit a clone being developed in this city (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barcelona

'this city' is the definition.
(Barcelona is an example)

'prohibit a clone being developed' is the wordplay.
'prohibit' becomes 'bar' (to bar is to ban or prohibit).
'being developed' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'clone'='aclone'
'aclone' with letters rearranged gives 'celona'.
'bar'+'celona'='BARCELONA'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for barcelona that I've seen before include "Largest Spanish port" , "Chief port of Spain" , "Big city" , "Span. City" , "coastal city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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