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Jack and I curse very badly organised public duty (4,7)

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I believe the answer is:

jury service

'public duty' is the definition.
(jury service is a public duty)

'jack and i curse very badly organised' is the wordplay.
'jack' becomes 'J' (playing card abbreviation).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'badly organised' is an anagram indicator.
'i'+'curse'+'very'='icursevery'
'icursevery' anagrammed gives 'uryservice'.
'j'+'uryservice'='JURY SERVICE'

(Another definition for jury service that I've seen is " Task forbidden to lunatics, clergymen, etc".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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