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Coming to terms with sports rulemakers policing the second half (6)

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I believe the answer is:

facing

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'coming to terms' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'with sports rulemakers policing the second half' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sports rulemakers' becomes 'FA' (Football Association).
'the second half' means to take half the letters.
'policing' with half the letters taken is 'cing'.
'fa' put next to 'cing' is 'FACING'.

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(Other definitions for facing that I've seen before include "Outer layer covering the surface of a wall" , "Confronting and dealing with" , "Turning towards, perhaps the enemy" , "Revetment" , "on the opposite side" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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