If clue initially reads badly, strike it! (7)

Times Cryptic #29303 | 1 Across | 2025-08-08
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

IF CLUE + first letter of (initially) READS anagrammed (badly) I got what was going on here immediately, but had forgotten the term ‘lucifer’ for ‘match’.

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