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Punishing for plane crash (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

penal

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

'plane crash' is the wordplay.
'crash' indicates anagramming the letters.
'plane' is an anagram of 'PENAL'.

'for' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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