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Penalty hit spun men around (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

punishment

'penalty' is the definition.
('punishment' can be a synonym of 'penalty')

'hit spun men around' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates an anagram.
'hit'+'spun'+'men'='hitspunmen'
'hitspunmen' anagrammed gives 'PUNISHMENT'.

(Other definitions for punishment that I've seen before include "That may be fine" , "Beating" , "Penalty" , "See 6" , "Sanction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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