Answer: BAN
BAN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 140 times.
Referring Clues:
- Forbid
 - Rule out
 - Test-___ treaty
 - Outlaw
 - Interdict
 - Exclude
 - Shut out
 - Secret competitor
 - Embargo
 - Proscribe
 - Nuclear treaty result
 - Keep out
 - Outlawry
 - Uncompromising law
 - Blackout
 - Prohibit
 - Block
 - Kick out
 - Sure rival
 - Roll-on brand
 - Preclusion
 - Stop O.K.'ing
 - Prohibition
 - U.N. chief ___ Ki-moon
 - No-smoking ordinance, e.g.
 - Put the kibosh on
 - Blackball
 - Interdiction
 - Make taboo
 - Disallow
 - Sure alternative
 - Taboo
 - Make illegal
 - Say "No more"
 - Prohibit officially
 - Maker of Intensely Fresh deodorant
 - Arrid competitor
 - Declare off-limits
 - Author's kiss of death
 - Proscription
 - Officially bar from entry
 - Legal prohibition
 - Forbiddance
 - Prohibit by official decree
 - Informal denunciation
 - Permit no more
 - Put an embargo on
 - Preventive measure
 - Secret rival
 - Criminalize
 - Refuse to allow
 - Arrid alternative
 - Secret rival?
 - Axe alternative
 - Pass a law about, maybe
 - The U.N.'s ___ Ki-moon
 - Make illegal
 - Make an exception?
 - Put a stop to
 - Illegalize
 - Excommunicate
 - Proscrip-tion
 - Quit allowing
 - Not allow
 - Blacklist
 - Moratorium
 - Legal deterrent
 - Heavy-handed measure
 - Place on a blacklist
 - Heavy handed measure
 - Censor
 - Punish by excluding
 - Certain decree
 - Big soda ___ (NYC public health initiative)
 - Travel ___
 - Stop allowing
 - Secret alternative
 - Judicial order
 - Prohibit by law
 - Boycott
 - Officially prohibit and this puzzle's theme
 - Condemnation form the church
 - Legally stop
 - Do away with
 - Put on a blacklist
 - Abolish
 - Test ___
 - Censure
 - Officially prohibit
 - Severe penalty
 - Prohibit, as a pesticide
 - Deny use
 - Stifle legally
 - Permanently exclude
 - Stop
 - Prohibit, as pesticides
 - Bristol-Myers brand
 - Right Guard rival
 - Negative decree
 - Keep away
 - Place off limits
 - Government stance on texting while driving
 - Competitor of Secret
 - Exclusion
 - A decree that prohibits something
 - International treaty subject
 - Create an embargo
 - Block or outlaw
 - Complete block
 - Declare verboten
 - Test ___ (treaty subject)
 - Exception
 - Put an end to
 - Smoking ___
 - More than a moratorium
 - Injunction
 - Successor of 10 Down
 - Bar
 - Right Guard competitor
 - It may be lifted
 - Make verboten
 - Kick out for good
 - See 25 Across
 - Make off-limits
 - Declare forbidden
 - Legal end
 - Force onto the black market, say
 - Officially forbid
 - Stop the use of
 - Alternative to Sure or Secret
 - Set out of bounds
 - Focus of many a law
 - Right Guard alternative
 - Something that might be put on plastic bags
 - Severe punishment
 - Severe social media punishment
 - Forbid, or a deodorant brand
 - Word that becomes its own synonym when the last letter is changed to "r"
 - Exile
 - Excommunicate, e.g.
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - September 24, 2025
 - New York Times - September 23, 2025
 - LA Times - September 15, 2025
 - New York Times - September 12, 2025
 - USA Today - September 08, 2025
 - USA Today - August 29, 2025
 - New York Times - August 12, 2025
 - USA Today - July 28, 2025
 - USA Today - July 11, 2025
 - LA Times - July 09, 2025
 - USA Today - July 08, 2025
 - New York Times - June 25, 2025
 - New York Times - June 03, 2025
 - LA Times - May 11, 2025
 - USA Today - March 14, 2025
 - USA Today - February 27, 2025
 - LA Times - February 23, 2025
 - USA Today - January 16, 2025
 - USA Today - December 06, 2024
 - New York Times - October 30, 2024
 
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