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Sort of cured with a kind of oil (5)

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I believe the answer is:

crude

'kind of oil' is the definition.

'sort of cured' is the wordplay.
'sort of' is an anagram indicator.
'cured' with letters rearranged gives 'CRUDE'.

'with a' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for crude that I've seen before include "foul-mouthed?" , "Not refined, like oil" , "Not refined, oil say" , "Uncouth" , "Coarse and unrefined" .)

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