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Country game's moment finishing early (6)

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I believe the answer is:

rustic

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

'game's moment finishing early' is the wordplay.
'game's' becomes 'RU's' (rugby union).
'moment' becomes 'tick' (both can mean a very short amount of time).
'finishing early' means to remove the last letter (the word finishes earlier than normal).
'tick' with its final letter removed is 'tic'.
'rus'+'tic'='RUSTIC'

(Other definitions for rustic that I've seen before include "Countryfied" , "Rural - simple" , "Relating to the countryside" , "country cousin" , "Characteristic of country life" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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