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Soundly beaten but sadly not cured (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trounced

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'soundly beaten' is the definition.
'trounced' can be an answer for 'beaten' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'soundly' bit.

'sadly not cured' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'not'+'cured'='notcured'
'notcured' anagrammed gives 'TROUNCED'.

'but' is the link.

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(Other definitions for trounced that I've seen before include "Defeated decisively" , "Not cured after receiving heavy beating" , "Beat hollow" , "Thrashed, beat heavily" .)

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