Condense a card game (7)

I believe the answer is:

abridge

'condense' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a card game' is the wordplay.
'card game' becomes 'bridge' (bridge is a kind of card game).
'a'+'bridge'='ABRIDGE'

(Other definitions for abridge that I've seen before include "prune?" , "Concentrate" , "Curtail" , "Make a precis of" , "Condense, summarise" .)

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

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