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VIP lifted prohibition of humming (5)

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I believe the answer is:

nabob

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'vip' is the definition.
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'lifted prohibition of humming' is the wordplay.
'lifted' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in down clue).
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (ban is a kind of prohibition).
'of humming' becomes 'ob' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ban' written backwards gives 'nab'.
'nab'+'ob'='NABOB'

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(Other definitions for nabob that I've seen before include "Mogul governor; very rich or important person" , "Person of conspicuous wealth or high status" , "he may be loaded" , "Wealthy and powerful person" , "Devotional painting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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