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A game to stick at (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pontoon

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'a game' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'to stick at' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'to' is within the answer.
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pon' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for pontoon that I've seen before include "Bridge of boats" , "Lighter" , "Half of 1D [GAME OR BIRD]" , "Card game; float" , "Card-game" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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