Answer: BANS
BANS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 48 times.
Referring Clues:
- Some diktats
 - Embargoes
 - Prohibits
 - Rules out
 - Disallows
 - Outlaws
 - Declares off-limits
 - Makes verboten
 - Makes impossible
 - Interdicts
 - Most of the Ten Commandments, basically
 - Officially disallows
 - Permits no longer
 - Forbids
 - Puts the kibosh on
 - Blacklists
 - No longer permits
 - Blacks out
 - Interdictions
 - Makes taboo
 - Makes illegal
 - Makes off-limits
 - Blackballs
 - Prohibitions
 - Proscriptions
 - Keeps off the air
 - Excommunicates
 - Restrictions, like the ones on PA systems that necessitate the "human microphone" at Occupy Wall Street
 - Proscribes
 - Some dictators' proclamations
 - Boycotts
 - Restricts
 - Shuts the door on
 - Harsh punishments
 - Wee 'uns in Scotland
 - Some school edicts
 - Makes forbidden
 - Criminalizes
 - Places an embargo on
 - Excludes
 - Prohibits by law
 - Passes a law against
 - Some last a lifetime
 - Stops permitting
 - Keeps out
 - Does away with
 - Blue laws, e.g.
 - Expels
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - May 14, 2025
 - New York Times - April 17, 2025
 - New York Times - December 21, 2024
 - New York Times - November 16, 2024
 - USA Today - March 07, 2024
 - USA Today - January 30, 2024
 - LA Times - May 05, 2023
 - New York Times - April 30, 2023
 - LA Times - April 01, 2022
 - LA Times - August 12, 2021
 - USA Today - May 28, 2021
 - LA Times - May 13, 2021
 - USA Today - March 30, 2021
 - LA Times - March 11, 2021
 - USA Today - January 13, 2021
 - New York Times - October 17, 2020
 - Universal - September 13, 2020
 - New York Times - April 20, 2020
 - LA Times - January 14, 2020
 - USA Today - November 01, 2019
 
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