Theft punished with fine, far from the first (9)
I believe the answer is:
fifteenth
'far from the first' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'theft punished with fine' is the wordplay.
'punished with' indicates an anagram.
'theft' anagrammed with 'fine' gives 'FIFTEENTH'.
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