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A game that's cut short (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abridge

'cut short' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a game' is the wordplay.
'game' becomes 'bridge' (bridge is a kind of game).
'a'+'bridge'='ABRIDGE'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for abridge that I've seen before include "Big read (anag) - shorten text" , "Make a precis of" , "(US) cattle-pen" , "Abbreviate, contract" , "Shorten (eg, text)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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