The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BLESSED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result BLESSED
- Fortunate chap getting seconds in the sack
- Given good things? Not so much in the plant area
- Consecrated garden area containing fewer
- In sheets and blankets etc, not as much being darned
- Holy crib has not as much to tuck in
- Consecrated part of garden with not so much in it
- Tucked up in bed, not so favoured
- Lucky to be not so much asleep?
- Favoured plot has comparatively little content
- Cursed, or the opposite?
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The straight part
We know that "Cursed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cursed = blessed.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 BLESSED mean?
BLESSED verb- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- To wave; to brandish.
- (past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (with from) To secure, defend, or prevent from.
- Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
- A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
- Held in veneration; revered.
- Worthy of worship; holy.
- An intensifier; damned.