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Shortened train addressed complaint of guards (9)

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curtailed

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'shortened' is the definition.
(curtailing is a kind of shortening)

'train addressed complaint of guards' is the wordplay.
'train' becomes 'tail' (I've seen this before).
'addressed complaint of' becomes 'cured' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'guards' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are guarded).
'tail' placed into 'cured' is 'CURTAILED'.

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(Other definitions for curtailed that I've seen before include "limited" , "Broken off" , "Cut short" , "docked" , "Clipped" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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