Association football (6)

I believe the answer is:

soccer

'association football' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for soccer that I've seen before include "American football?" , "Football for Americans?" , "Association football" , "popular game" , "Roy Keane's game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Irish Times (Simplex), The Independent, the Newsday.com, The Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald.

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