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Pale cur managed to become cured (5,2)

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clear up

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'become cured' is the definition.
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'pale cur managed' is the wordplay.
'managed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pale'+'cur'='palecur'
'palecur' is an anagram of 'CLEAR-UP'.

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(Other definitions for clear up that I've seen before include "Give reasons for" , "Sort out" , "(Of bad weather) improve" , "Get better" , "put things in order" .)

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