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Stopped girl squeezing bottom? On the contrary (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banned

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'stopped girl' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'squeezing bottom? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
'squeezing' indicates putting letters inside (squeeze can mean hug or embrace).
'bottom?' says to take the final letters (I've seen 'bottoms of' mean this (letters at the bottom of the word)).
'contrary' becomes 'band' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The final letters of 'on the' are 'ne'.
'ne' going into 'band' is 'BANNED'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for banned that I've seen before include "Censored" , "Group on radio" , "Prohibited officially" , "Outlawed" , "Barred" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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