Accepted a deadly sin (6)

I believe the answer is:

agreed

'accepted' is the definition.
(agreeing is a kind of accepting)

'a deadly sin' is the wordplay.
'deadly sin' becomes 'greed' (greed is a kind of deadly sin).
'a'+'greed'='AGREED'

(Other definitions for agreed that I've seen before include "Accepted; tallied" , "Assented, acquiesced" , "Concurred - tallied" , "Mutually settled" , "OK, fine!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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