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Girl supporting major sinful act (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bigamy

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'sinful act' is the definition.
'bigamy' can be an answer for 'act' (bigamy is a kind of act). I am unsure of the 'sinful' bit.

'girl supporting major' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Amy'.
'supporting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'major' becomes 'big' (I've seen this in other clues).
'amy' after 'big' is 'BIGAMY'.

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(Other definitions for bigamy that I've seen before include "overmatiness" , "Matrimonial offence" , "crime, perhaps" , "Instance of having two spouses" , "In law, having two spouses at the same time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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