Cursed offering woefully poor band covers, like Kiss? (8,3)
I believe the answer is:
pandoras box
'cursed offering' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'woefully poor band covers like kiss?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'band' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'like' could be 'as' and 'as' is found in the answer.
'kiss?' could be 'x' (X can represent a kiss) and 'x' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pandoras box that I've seen before include "Something that it's unwise to open?" , "legendary source of trouble" , "Mythical container of all the evils of the world" , "Source of extensive but unforeseen troubles" , "In Greek mythology, what the first woman was forbidden to open" .)