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Bit of beef with Turkey's wingers in game (6)

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I believe the answer is:

shinty

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'game' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bit of beef with turkey's wingers' is the wordplay.
'bit of beef' becomes 'shin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wingers' means to remove the middle letters (letters on the edges or wings of the word).
'turkey' with its centre removed is 'ty'.
'shin'+'ty'='SHINTY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for shinty that I've seen before include "Scottish game similar to hockey" , "Scottish game resembling hockey" , "Hockey-like game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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