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Overweight women given a death sentence (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fatwa

'death sentence' is the definition.
(a fatwa might condemn someone to death)

'overweight women given a' is the wordplay.
'overweight' becomes 'fat' (similar in meaning).
'women' becomes 'w'.
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'fat'+'w'+'a'='FATWA'

(Other definitions for fatwa that I've seen before include "Islamic decree" , "Authoritative ruling (Islam)" , "Legal decision by Islamic religious leader" , "Islamic sentence as on Salman Rushdie" , "Ruling by Islamic leader, as on Salmon Rushdie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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