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29a. One on hand to put a stop to gossip (6)

I have B?N?N? - BANANA and BONING fit the space, but can't link to the clue. Any solutions? Thanks in anticipation.

It might just be me, but I found some of the clueing in this weekend's crossword a bit loose

One on a hand of bananas


Banana

Banana, one on hand. Ban - to put a stop to, and an Ana is a gossip.

Thanks guys, you learn something every day. Got the BAN part, but not come across ANA gossip before

Ana (archaic)
1.
anecdotes or literary gossip about a person.
2.
a collection of a person's memorable sayings.

Thanks, jazzgirl - I shouldn't have had that 'a' in my parsing, I should just have had 'ana is gossip'. I will soldier on!

i didn't mean to correct you Malone.
I posted it for the original poster to see.
I am still hurting from my mistake yesterday:(

It's fine, jazzgirl. I didn't notice your mistake yesterday, but I'm sure it was nothing dramatic!

I agree about the clues this week - some of them require some very arcane knowledge.