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Boy with spirit wrapping up game he won (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

victor ludorum

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'boy' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'spirit wrapping up game he won' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'spirit' could be 'rum' (alcoholic spirit) and 'rum' is found within the answer.
'game' could be 'ludo' (ludo is a board game) and 'ludo' is found in the answer.
'he' could be 'victor' and 'victor' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for victor ludorum that I've seen before include "Best athlete" , "Overall champion in school sports (Latin)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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