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Being injured, dad's out of the rough game (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damaged

'being injured' is the definition.
('damaged' is associated in meaning with 'injured')

'dad's out of the rough game' is the wordplay.
'out of' is an insertion indicator (some letters on the outside of others).
'the rough' is an anagram indicator (a rough or broken ordering of the letters).
'game' with letters rearranged gives 'mage'.
'dad' going around 'mage' is 'DAMAGED'.

(Other definitions for damaged that I've seen before include "Marred" , "Impaired" , "Harmed, injured or spoiled" , "Flawed, harmed" , "in poor condition" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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