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Vetoed attempt in favouring study (9)

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I believe the answer is:

forbidden

'vetoed' is the definition.
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'attempt in favouring study' is the wordplay.
'attempt' becomes 'bid' (bid is a kind of attempt).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'favouring' becomes 'for' (I've seen this before).
'study' becomes 'den' (I've seen this before).
'for'+'den'='forden'
'bid' placed within 'forden' is 'FORBIDDEN'.

(Other definitions for forbidden that I've seen before include "Proscribed" , "Illicit pleasure" , "Disallowed, banned" , "not 35 [PERMISSIBLE]" , "Not allowed, banned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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