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Snide lady busted in moral offence (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deadly sin

'moral offence' is the definition.

'snide lady busted' is the wordplay.
'busted' is an anagram indicator.
'snide'+'lady'='snidelady'
'snidelady' with letters rearranged gives 'DEADLY SIN'.

'in' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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