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Of punishment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

penal

'of punishment' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for penal that I've seen before include "Relating to legal punishment" , "Punishable by law" , "Corrective" , "Involving legal punishment" , "Punitive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and the Evening Standard.
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