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Sort of heel giving a bit of trouble in prison! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

cuban

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'sort of heel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a bit of trouble in prison' is the wordplay.
'a bit of trouble' becomes 'ub' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'prison' becomes 'can' (the can is American slang for prison).
'ub' going into 'can' is 'CUBAN'.

'giving' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cuban that I've seen before include "Havana native" , "Like Fidel Castro" , "Expensive kind of cigar" , "One from Havana" , "Citizen of Castro's country" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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