Car firm supervises formal game (9)

I believe the answer is:

dodgeball

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'game' is the definition.
(ball game)

'car firm supervises formal' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'car' could be 'dodge' (I've seen this before) and 'dodge' is present in the answer.
'formal' could be 'ball' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ball' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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