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Charm is a curious personal quality (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charisma

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'personal quality' is the definition.
'charisma' can be an answer for 'quality' (charisma is a kind of quality). I'm not certain of the 'personal' bit.

'charm is a curious' is the wordplay.
'curious' is an anagram indicator.
'charm'+'is'+'a'='charmisa'
'charmisa' with letters rearranged gives 'CHARISMA'.

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(Other definitions for charisma that I've seen before include "Compelling attractiveness" , "Alluring personal quality - archaism (anag)" , "magnetic quality" , "Drawing power" , "Impressive gift" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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