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One locked up by judge for unholy crime? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deicide

'unholy crime?' is the definition.
(killing a god)

'one locked up by judge' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'locked up by' indicates putting letters inside.
'judge' becomes 'decide' (decide can mean to make a judgment).
'i' placed into 'decide' is 'DEICIDE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for deicide that I've seen before include "Killing of divine being" , "divine crime" , "Killer" , "The killing of a god" , "Most unholy of sins" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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