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Curse Rev’s way of projecting hurtful things? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blowgun

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'way of projecting hurtful things?' is the definition.
'blowgun' can be an answer for 'way' (blowgun is a kind of way). I'm unsure of the 'of projecting hurtful things?' bit.

'curse rev's' is the wordplay.
'curse' becomes 'blow' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rev' becomes 'gun' (I've seen this in another clue).
'blow'+'gun'='BLOWGUN'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for blowgun that I've seen before include "Primitive weapon" , "Projectile launcher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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