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Condemned and sent east with North Carolina editor (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sentenced

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'condemned' is the definition.
('sentence' can be a synonym of 'condemn')

'sent east with north carolina editor' is the wordplay.
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'north carolina' becomes 'nc' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'editor' becomes 'ed'.
'sent'+'e'+'nc'+'ed'='SENTENCED'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for sentenced that I've seen is " Condemned".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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