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Reportedly outlawed mid-city robber (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bandit

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

'reportedly outlawed mid-city' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'outlawed' becomes 'banned' (banning is a kind of outlawing).
'mid' indicates the central letters.
The middle of 'city' is 'it'.
'banned' is a homophone of 'band'.
'band'+'it'='BANDIT'

(Other definitions for bandit that I've seen before include "(One-armed?) outlaw" , "Crook" , "Highwayman" , "hood" , "Violent outlaw" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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