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Spotted punishment? (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

penalty kick

'spotted' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'punishment?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'punishment?' could be 'penalty' (synonyms) and 'penalty' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'kick' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for penalty kick that I've seen before include "Shot from the spot" , "Tie-breaker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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