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Lady dines sloppily, showing gluttony perhaps (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deadly sin

'gluttony perhaps' is the definition.
(gluttony is a kind of deadly sin)

'lady dines sloppily' is the wordplay.
'sloppily' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'lady'+'dines'='ladydines'
'ladydines' is an anagram of 'DEADLY SIN'.

'showing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for deadly sin that I've seen before include "envy for example" , "Anger, covetousness, envy, gluttony, lust, pride or sloth" , "Greed, perhaps" , "Eg, lust or gluttony" , "a cause of damnation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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