Answer found in song to lift a curse (8)
I believe the answer is:
anathema
'curse' is the definition.
(anathema is a kind of curse)
'answer found in song to lift a' is the wordplay.
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'found in song' becomes 'thema' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'lift' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'lifting' mean this).
'a' becomes 'an'.
'an' in reverse letter order is 'na'.
'thema' after 'na' is 'nathema'.
'a'+'nathema'='ANATHEMA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anathema that I've seen before include "Condemned or excommunicated by church" , "Curse; object of loathing" , "denunciation" , "Curse - church ban" , "Something one vehemently dislikes" .)