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Sadly dine out, showing greed? (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deadly sin

'greed?' is the definition.
(greed is a kind of deadly sin)

'sadly dine out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'sadly'+'dine'='sadlydine'
'sadlydine' with letters rearranged gives 'DEADLY SIN'.

'showing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for deadly sin that I've seen before include "not good - bad" , "Greed, perhaps" , "Anger, covetousness, envy, gluttony, lust, pride or sloth" , "Eg, lust or pride" , "Anger, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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