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Good and moving death for mafia chief (9)

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I believe the answer is:

godfather

'mafia chief' is the definition.
(term for a mafia leader)

'good and moving death for' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'moving' indicates an anagram.
'death'+'for'='deathfor'
'deathfor' with letters rearranged gives 'odfather'.
'g'+'odfather'='GODFATHER'

(Other definitions for godfather that I've seen before include "He's a sponsor at Baptism" , "Mafia chief or spiritual parent" , "Religious relation, like Marlon Brando in movie" , "leading exponent" , "Mafia boss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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