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Bingo mausoleum has nothing on the French (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tombola

'bingo' is the definition.
(I know that Tombola is a bingo)

'mausoleum has nothing on the french' is the wordplay.
'mausoleum' becomes 'tomb' (I've seen this in another clue).
'has nothing' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'tomb'+'o'+'la'='TOMBOLA'

(Other definitions for tombola that I've seen before include "Ticket-drawing game" , "gambling activity" , "fairground attraction" , "Lottery game" , "Lottery with a rotating drum" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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