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Prohibited sort of beard (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forbade

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

'sort of beard' is the wordplay.
'sort' indicates anagramming the letters.
'of'+'beard'='ofbeard'
'ofbeard' anagrammed gives 'FORBADE'.

(Other definitions for forbade that I've seen before include "Disallowed" , "Prohibited" , "banned" , "Vetoed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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