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Prohibition has detective briefly restraining pub workers (9)

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I believe the answer is:

debarment

'prohibition' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'detective briefly restraining pub workers' is the wordplay.
'detective briefly' becomes 'det' (abbreviation for detective; 'briefly' suggests a short form).
'restraining' is an insertion indicator.
'pub workers' becomes 'barmen' (people working behind a bar).
'det' enclosing 'barmen' is 'DEBARMENT'.

'has' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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