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Possibly a curse having a pause in verse (7)

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I believe the answer is:

caesura

'pause in verse' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'possibly a curse having a' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'having' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a'+'curse'='acurse'
'acurse' anagrammed gives 'caesur'.
'caesur'+'a'='CAESURA'

(Other definitions for caesura that I've seen before include "Short pause in a line of verse" , "Pause or interruption (in conversation or prose)" , "Break in line" , "Pause near middle of verse line" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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