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Building began with summer house for example (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

numbers game

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'house for example' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'building began with summer' is the wordplay.
'building' indicates an anagram.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'began'+'summer'='begansummer'
'begansummer' with letters rearranged gives 'NUMBERS GAME'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for numbers game that I've seen is " Statistics".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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