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A banned body builder with a heavenly body (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asteroid

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'a heavenly body' is the definition.
(asteroid is a kind of heavenly body)

'a banned body builder' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'steroid' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for asteroid that I've seen before include "space traveller" , "Lump of rock orbiting the sun" , "Small rocky object orbiting the sun - store aid (anag)" , "way-out rock" , "could be dangerous for astronauts" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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