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Boundary by India playing for charity (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

compassion

'charity' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'boundary by india playing' is the wordplay.
'boundary' becomes 'compass' (compass is a kind of boundary).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'playing' becomes 'on' (on can mean playing or performing).
'compass'+'i'+'on'='COMPASSION'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for compassion that I've seen before include "Kindness" , "Sympathy for another's suffering" , "Fellow-feeling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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