Radium discoverer (5)

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'radium discoverer' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

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(Other definitions for curie that I've seen before include "Marie --, French chemist" , "measure of radioactivity" , "Unit of radioactivity" , "One of two Nobel prizewinners" , "Marie --, discoverer of Radium" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times and the Newsday.

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