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Bent around everything in sport (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

netball

'sport' is the definition.
(netball is a sport)

'bent around everything' is the wordplay.
'around' is an anagram indicator.
'everything' becomes 'all' (all things).
'bent' is an anagram of 'netb'.
'netb'+'all'='NETBALL'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for netball that I've seen before include "Women's game" , "Team sport" , "Seven-a-side team game -- all bent (anag)" , "Team game/sport" , "Game for women or girls" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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