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Villain beat taking current for hanging (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

curtain

'hanging' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'villain beat taking current' is the wordplay.
'villain' becomes 'cur'.
'beat' becomes 'tan' (I've seen this before**).
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'tan' enclosing 'i' is 'tain'.
'cur'+'tain'='CURTAIN'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for curtain that I've seen before include "See 1" , "Window drape" , "Hanging drapery for window" , "Hanging, window cover" , "Window material" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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