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Really big job to dispense justice three ways (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obese

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'really big' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'job to dispense justice three ways' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'ways' could be 'es' (east and south - two directions) and 'es' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'obe' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for obese that I've seen before include "Significantly overweight" , "getting well-upholstered" , "Enormous" , "Stout" , "having generous corporation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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