Terrible penalties in partitioned land (9)

I believe the answer is:

palestine

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'partitioned land' is the definition.
'palestine' can be an answer for 'land' (I have seen 'Holy Land' mean 'palestine' so perhaps 'land' could also mean 'palestine'). I'm not sure about the 'partitioned' bit.

'terrible penalties' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates anagramming the letters.
'penalties' is an anagram of 'PALESTINE'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for palestine that I've seen before include "in the Middle East" , "territory under dispute" , "Penalties on region once known as Canaan" , "Region deriving its name from the Philistines" , "The historic Holy Land in neat piles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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