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Some get a CID ban overturned and give up (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abdicate

'give up' is the definition.
(abdicating is a kind of giving up)

'some get a cid ban overturned' is the wordplay.
'some' says the answer is hidden in the clue (some of the parts of the word are used).
'overturned' is a reversal indicator.
'etacidba' is hidden in the letters of 'get a cid ban'.
'etacidba' in reverse letter order is 'ABDICATE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for abdicate that I've seen before include "Renounce position or power" , "step down" , "surrender" , "Vacate the throne voluntarily" , "Leave throne" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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