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Bleat about return of evil after X game (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

table tennis

'game' is the definition.
(I know that table tennis is a type of table game)

'bleat about return of evil after x' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'return of' says the letters should be written backwards.
'evil' becomes 'sin' (synonyms).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'x' becomes 'ten' (X is the Roman numeral for ten).
'sin' in reverse letter order is 'nis'.
'bleat' with letters rearranged gives 'table'.
'nis' put after 'ten' is 'tennis'.
'table'+'tennis'='TABLE-TENNIS'

(Other definitions for table tennis that I've seen before include "Ping pong" , "Ping-pong" , "Indoor game" , "sport" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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