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Prohibited acid pill soon unwrapped (5)

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I believe the answer is:

taboo

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'prohibited' is the definition.
(I know that prohibited can be written as taboo)

'acid pill soon unwrapped' is the wordplay.
'acid pill' becomes 'tab' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'unwrapped' indicates the central letters (the letters which wrap the word are removed).
The central letters of 'soon' are 'oo'.
'tab'+'oo'='TABOO'

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(Other definitions for taboo that I've seen before include "Socially prohibited" , "Not to be mentioned" , "Anathema" , "Prohibited by social custom" , "A ban or prohibition of superstitious kind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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