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Be punished for putting some pins in the bed! (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cop it

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'be punished' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'putting some pins in the bed' is the wordplay.
'some' suggests taking the first letters.
'pins' becomes 'i' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'the bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
The initial letter of 'putting' is 'p'.
'p'+'i'='pi'
'pi' put into 'cot' is 'COP IT'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cop it that I've seen before include "Get it in the neck" , ""get in loads of trouble!"" , "Be punished" , "Get into trouble; be killed" , "Suffer the consequences!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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