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Conclude part of Scrabble game with 'barren' (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infertile

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'barren' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'conclude part of scrabble game' is the wordplay.
'conclude' becomes 'infer' (inferring is a kind of concluding).
'part of scrabble game' becomes 'tile' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'infer'+'tile'='INFERTILE'

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for infertile that I've seen before include "So can't father" , "Barren" , "Fruitless" , "Not productive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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