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Supplies punishment once (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stocks

This clue is a double definition.

'supplies' is the first definition.
(stocking is a kind of supplying)

'punishment once' is the second definition.
(as in putting someone in the stocks)

(Other definitions for stocks that I've seen before include "In which miscreant is locked" , "Amounts of goods kept by traders" , "Plants; form of punishment" , "Frame for shipbuilding - form of punishment" , "Keeps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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