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Salt corroded lead from rubber banner? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abolisher

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

'salt corroded lead from rubber' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'salt' could be 'ab' (able seaman - 'salt' can mean a sailor) and 'ab' is located in the answer.
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for abolisher that I've seen is " banner".)

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