Fine bet made to a sportsman's advantage (7)

I believe the answer is:

benefit

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'sportsman's advantage' is the definition.
'benefit' can be an answer for 'advantage' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'sportsman's' bit.

'fine bet made' is the wordplay.
'made' is an anagram indicator.
'fine'+'bet'='finebet'
'finebet' anagrammed gives 'BENEFIT'.

'to a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for benefit that I've seen before include "Fine bet on to produce an advantage" , "Advantage; dole" , "(Gain) advantage" , "Performance for charity" , "allowance" .)

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