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Book place to see game (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reserve

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'book' is the definition.
(as in booking or reserving in advance)

'to see game' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'see' is 'ese' which is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'place' is the link.

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(Other definitions for reserve that I've seen before include "Save" , "man on bench?" , "ice" , "Wine kept" , "left on the bench?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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