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Punishment from father -- my net's broken (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

payment

'punishment' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'father my net's broken' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa is a kind of father).
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'my'+'net'='mynet'
'mynet' is an anagram of 'yment'.
'pa'+'yment'='PAYMENT'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for payment that I've seen before include "Punishment" , "Remuneration - outlay" , "Sum of money handed over" , "Sum given for something" , "Discharge of debt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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