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I believe the answer is:

hurts

'smarts' is the definition.
('hurt' can be a synonym of 'smart')

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for hurts that I've seen before include "causes damage" , "Damages" , "pain" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.
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