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Remove restrictions on text files being transported? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exile

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'remove restrictions on text files' is the definition.
'exile' can be an answer for 'remove' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'restrictions on text files' bit.

'being transported?' is the wordplay.
'being' becomes 'ex' (ex is a kind of being).
'transported?' becomes 'ile' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ex'+'ile'='EXILE'

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(Other definitions for exile that I've seen before include "One lives away from the home country" , "Jews' experience in Babylon" , "He is forced to live in another country" , "Person forced to live abroad" , "Ousted person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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