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Man off diet's rebuked (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chastised

'rebuked' is the definition.
(chastising is a kind of rebuking)

'man off diet's' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'chas' ().
'off' indicates an anagram.
'diets' is an anagram of 'tised'.
'chas'+'tised'='CHASTISED'

(Other definitions for chastised that I've seen before include "Sad ethics (anag.)" , "Severely reprimanded" , "Rebuked" , "beaten" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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