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Casualty of never-ending evil period (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

victim

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'casualty' is the definition.
(both can mean someone injured or killed)

'never-ending evil period' is the wordplay.
'never ending' means to remove the last letter.
'evil' becomes 'vice' (vice is a kind of evil).
'period' becomes 'tim' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'vice' with its final letter removed is 'vic'.
'vic'+'tim'='VICTIM'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for victim that I've seen before include "A prey or sufferer" , "Casualty or scapegoat" , "Person killed, hurt or abused" , "One picked on" , "swindled one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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