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Prohibition restricts firm producing meat (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bacon

'meat' is the definition.
(bacon is a kind of meat)

'prohibition restricts firm' is the wordplay.
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (ban is a kind of prohibition).
'restricts' is an insertion indicator.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'ban' going around 'co' is 'BACON'.

'producing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bacon that I've seen before include "Author" , "Salted pig-meat" , "Old scientist" , "Shakespeare's ghost, some say" , "Francis or Roger?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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