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Doomed person in dock charged with resistance (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accursed

'doomed' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'person in dock charged with resistance' is the wordplay.
'person in dock' becomes 'accused' (someone in the dock in a court).
'charged with' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters charge into others).
'resistance' becomes 'r' (electronics abbreviation).
'accused' enclosing 'r' is 'ACCURSED'.

(Other definitions for accursed that I've seen before include "Detestable (colloq.)" , "Hateful" , "Wretched" , "Damned" , "Cue cards (anag) - doomed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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