A curse, deleting one article after another (6)
I believe the answer is:
answer
'article after another' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'a curse deleting one' is the wordplay.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'curse' becomes 'swear' (synonyms).
'deleting' is a deletion indicator.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'swear' with 'a' taken out is 'swer'.
'an'+'swer'='ANSWER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for answer that I've seen before include "It could give you a" , "Retort" , "Reply or 8 across" , "'A soft . . . . . . turneth away wrath'" , "Serve" .)