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Swear nothing is taken from path (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

curse

'swear' is the definition.
(I know that swear can be written as curse)

'nothing is taken from path' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'is taken from' is a deletion indicator.
'path' becomes 'course' (synonyms).
'course' with 'o' removed is 'CURSE'.

(Other definitions for curse that I've seen before include "Blaspheme; damn" , "Invoke evil upon" , "Execration" , "Excommunication" , "Profanity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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