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Chat with Bloom in flat about sporting event (8,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

football match

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'chat with bloom' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'flat about sporting event' is the wordplay.
'flat about' becomes 'football' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sporting event' becomes 'match' (I've seen this before).
'football'+'match'='FOOTBALL MATCH'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for football match that I've seen before include "Team event" , "Sporting fixture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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