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Curse can be broken for pirates (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

buccaneers

'pirates' is the definition.
('buccaneer' can be a synonym of 'pirate')

'curse can be broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' is an anagram indicator.
'curse'+'can'+'be'='cursecanbe'
'cursecanbe' is an anagram of 'BUCCANEERS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Another definition for buccaneers that I've seen is " Piratical adventurers".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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