The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MALISON
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result MALISON
- Curse of old Liberal, domiciled in France?
- Curse male with girl
- Curse married woman
- Old curse, fifty squeezed into French accommodation?
- Country boy’s old-fashioned curse
- Curse married girl
- Contents of small dish long the poet’s curse
- A curse, male having girl’s name
- Curse coming from African country boy
- Issue dogging the country, it’s a curse
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The straight part
We know that "Curse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case curse = malison.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does MALISON mean?
MALISON noun- A curse, a malediction.