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Saloon maybe seen on drive after erratic motorist initially gets ban (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

embargo

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'ban' is the definition.
(I know that embargo is a more specific form of ban)

'saloon maybe seen on drive after erratic motorist initially' is the wordplay.
'saloon' becomes 'bar' (saloon is a type of bar).
'maybe seen on drive' becomes 'go' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'erratic motorist' is 'em'.
'bar'+'go'='bargo'
'bargo' after 'em' is 'EMBARGO'.

'gets' is the link.

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(Other definitions for embargo that I've seen before include "Restraint - prohibition" , "Prevent publication" , "Trading restriction" , "Official prohibition as on trade" , "Boycott" .)

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