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Against team circle, all in all (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

considering

'all in all' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'against team circle' is the wordplay.
'against' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before).
'team' becomes 'side' (I've seen this before**).
'circle' becomes 'ring' ('ring' can be a synonym of 'circle').
'con'+'side'+'ring'='CONSIDERING'

(Another definition for considering that I've seen is " taking everything into account".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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