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Curt treatment (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

short shrift

'curt treatment' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for short shrift that I've seen before include "Summary treatment of a matter" , "Curt treatment" , "Brief and unsympathetic treatment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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