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People who will pass on fashionable blaspheming? (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

mortal sin

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'blaspheming?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.

'people who will pass on fashionable' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'people' could be 'mortals' ('mortal' can be a synonym of 'person') and 'mortals' is found in the answer.
'fashionable' could be 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy) and 'in' is found within the answer.
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(Other definitions for mortal sin that I've seen before include "It causes the death of the soul - not venial" , "heinous act" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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