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Control Spooner’s sweaty fool (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clampdown

'control' is the definition.
(clampdown is a kind of control)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for clampdown that I've seen before include "suppression" , "Restrictive practice" , "Sudden restriction on an activity" , "stopper?" , "restrictive measure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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