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Old bar providing port (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oban

'port' is the definition.
(Oban is a Scottish port)

'old bar' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'bar' becomes 'ban' (I've seen this in another clue).
'o'+'ban'='OBAN'

'providing' is the link.

(Other definitions for oban that I've seen before include "small Scottish port" , "Argyll town" , "Port in western Scotland" , "Scottish west coast fishing and ferry port" , "Northern port" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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