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Curse little devil, worried about leisure facility (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imprecate

'curse' is the definition.
(I know that curse can be written as imprecate)

'little devil worried about leisure facility' is the wordplay.
'little devil' becomes 'imp' (an imp is a little demon).
'worried' becomes 'ate' (something worrying may eat someone up).
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'leisure facility' becomes 'rec' (short for recreation ground).
'ate' after 'rec' is 'recate'.
'imp'+'recate'='IMPRECATE'

(Other definitions for imprecate that I've seen before include "Swear" , "Put curse on (someone)" , "Invoke evil -- crime tape (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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