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Cursed bedlamp’s alive, man held (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blasphemed

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'cursed' is the definition.
('blaspheme' can be a synonym of 'curse')

'bedlamp's alive man held' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'man' could be 'em' and 'em' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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