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Try quitting business that's banked in Asia (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indus

'that's banked in asia' is the definition.
(Indian river - something with banks)

'try quitting business' is the wordplay.
'quitting' suggests deleting specific letters.
'business' becomes 'industry' (industry is a kind of business).
'industry' with 'try' taken out is 'INDUS'.

(Other definitions for indus that I've seen before include "River of India/Pakistan" , "Important river" , "Long river of Asia" , "banker" , "Major river of Pakistan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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