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Curse of the Mummy follows Rain Man occasionally (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anathema

'curse' is the definition.
(anathema can mean a curse)

'the mummy follows rain man occasionally' is the wordplay.
'mummy' becomes 'ma' (both can mean a mother).
'follows' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'rain'+'man'='rainman'
The alternate letters of 'rainman' are 'ana'.
'the'+'ma'='thema'
'thema' after 'ana' is 'ANATHEMA'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for anathema that I've seen before include "person cannot stand" , "hated person" , "Curse; object of loathing" , "It's detested or abhorred" , "Person or thing that's abhorred" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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