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Of punishment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

penal

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">of punishment</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for penal that I've seen before include "Relating to legal punishment" , "Punishable by law" , "Corrective" , "Involving legal punishment" , "Punitive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, the Newsday and The Mirror.
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