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Curse a criminal supporter taking cup (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saucer

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'supporter taking cup' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'curse a criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'curse'+'a'='cursea'
'cursea' anagrammed gives 'SAUCER'.

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(Other definitions for saucer that I've seen before include "Part of a tea set" , "See 1" , "flying, perhaps?" , "If flying, it would have alien pilots" , "It may be flying or on the table" .)

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