Married woman or country boy featured in curse (7)
I believe the answer is:
malison
'curse' is the definition.
(archaic term for a curse)
'married woman' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'm' (abbreviation, e.g. in genealogy).
'woman' becomes 'alison'.
'm'+'alison'='MALISON'
'or country boy featured in' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for malison that I've seen is " Once curse".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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