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Secure watering hole (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bar

I believe this is a double definition.

'secure' is the first definition.
(barring is a kind of securing)

'watering hole' is the second definition.
(watering hole can mean a drinking establishment)

(Other definitions for bar that I've seen before include "Pub; block (access)" , "What drinkers head for" , "Prohibit - drinking place" , "Sandbank; drinking place" , "Prohibit; counter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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