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Heavenly body, not a fat-soluble compound (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steroid

'fat-soluble compound' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'heavenly body not a' is the wordplay.
'heavenly body' becomes 'asteroid' (asteroid is a kind of heavenly body).
'not' suggests deleting specific letters.
'asteroid' with 'a' taken out is 'STEROID'.

(Other definitions for steroid that I've seen before include "Body-building drug" , "Hormone perhaps" , "Controversial body-builder" , "might be abused in gym" , "growth medication" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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