Six put back age without the curse (10)

I believe the answer is:

vituperate

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'the curse' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'six put back age without' is the wordplay.
'six' becomes 'VI' (Roman numerals).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'age' becomes 'era' (both can mean a long time).
'without' becomes 'te' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'put' in reverse letter order is 'tup'.
'vi'+'tup'+'era'+'te'='VITUPERATE'

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(Other definitions for vituperate that I've seen before include "Attack with abusive criticism" , "Blame violently - I've a putter (anag)" , "Slang" , "Abuse" , "blackguard" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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